I too used fly the BAC1-11 down the corridor. It was a competition, select the correct TOD in order to cross the HLG VOR, (entrance to the corridor abeam Hannover), levelling at assigned height or level, at about one or two knots lower than the high speed warning! Next day the other pilot had his go. Next part of the competition, maintain high speed as long as possible in order to take the power off and not touch it before 500', the height at which we had to be stabilised on final approach.
Do that a few times and you start to feel you are getting to know your aircraft and would certainly have more confidence if things started to go wrong at anytime.