Sounds like a crap captain to me! In that situation you were absolutely correct to be careful as you extend the speed brakes. If you really are looking to be crazy high it usually makes sense to ask ATC to allow you to briefly increase speed so as you can lose the height. ATC nearly always will let you do it briefly and then bring the speed back again. At low speeds the speedbrakes don't do much anyway!
Last edited by Blinkz; 29th Aug 2012 at 12:32.