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Old 12th Sep 2014, 21:59
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Tarq57
 
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Just for anyone not in the industry reading this thread, there is no way a controller can force an aircraft to descend.

We can instruct or clear, even urge. Only the flight crew (or fuel exhaustion) can "force" the flight to descend.
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