The Good Old days
It was great back when we had 3 holers and DC9s running around. As an ATC when we asked them to go max, they knew what the word meant. Now, they panic and slow down so bloody early , except Air NZ who still know how to fly. A few years ago we had the same situation with a UAL 747 Mel-Syd straight in on 07. He was showing 300+ on radar at Glenfield. Slowed down and configured no problems. Ask a domestic Airbus of any sort to do that now and hear the panic in their voices.