Great thread - A subject close to my heart....
ZRH ATC -
You do not help us by asking to keep 180kts to 4 miles with a 20kt tail wind in a slippery jet onto R/W 14 (I've had this request made in an A320 and a B757). Particularly as you have the 'Alitalia spur' that juts out at 6dme with a Radio Altimiter read out of 1010ft!! The last time this request was made and we said 'unable to comply' - you told us to go around (Which we did - no arguments). It was without doubt the most spiteful bit of Air Traffic Controlling I have ever witnessed.
Your job is no doubt made far more difficult by the environment, the politicians, the locals etc..Just learn a little humility and empathy. I would suggest you all need to spend a few days in the simulator understanding 'energy considerations versus speed requests' so that the next time I take an aircraft into ZRH R/W14 ILS and the wind at 6000ft is 300/35kts, you don't ask us to keep 180 kts to 4 miles. Otherwise I might be asked to spitefully go-around again.
Admission of fault is the first step towards a safer operation.