Got left at 7000 on left base for 34L at YSSY one morning, where you would normally be cleared to 3000' ---- and no, it was not "other traffic", it was profound apologies. And that is just one of many, over the years. Wonderful, how well a B747-400 sideslips, once "found" and suitably cleared ( XX10, cleared visual approach) we were back on profile, stable at 1000'. All good fun!!
Awesome stuff, and there's nothing the pax enjoy better than a massive sideslip
. Of course, a quick "request further descent" on mid-downwind might also have done the trick, although without the same opportunity for heroics.
