MEX terminal area is regarded as difficult, for good reason.
terrain, weather, atc, approach design, airspace congestion, lack of adequate infrastructure etc.
On the other hand, radar coverage is pretty advanced and air traffic controllers in general are good and particularly considerate to foreign carriers. Helicopters use their own visual corridors and remain below 500 ft.
Mexican professional pilots are most aware of this circumstances, as we fly in and out of mmmx every day.
Advice? trust your controller and limit your v/s 1000ft prior to level-off. If this should fail to do the trick, trust and follow your ra´s.
Mexicana de aviación pilots are proud to share Star Alliance with LH and our other partners. We earned our place there, unlike other people who are nowadays "flying for other peoples". Maybe there's a standard after all.
Mateo six: please share with us all those cover-up stories you have cracked!
I'd wait for some intelligent info on this near-miss incident.
if I have it fist i´ll let you know.
rooster