Given the LOS label I offer the following mis-understanding.
B757/767. High downwind under radar home base, but could always expect a short turn in if ATC perceived it OK, and if a heavy was out on long finals. You are at minimum clean speed, 210kts. ATC gives a large descent change of altitude from FL 70 - 2000' which is a clue. Choices? Extend Spd Bks and keep speed 210kts? Select flap 1, 210kts, speed brake etc. etc. or as many newbies did, select 250kts. They had been told that to increase ROD you increased speed. Speed brakes had not featured in the education. Surely they are there for more than lift-dumping on landing & RTO's? They are a tool to be used as required.
What really did astound me was how many gung-ho top gun wannabes asked for >250kts below FL10 only to use speed brakes downwind as they struggled to slow down to min clean speed or called for flaps at max flap speed trying to remove the excess energy they had imparted to the a/c. Lessons slowly learnt.
Last edited by RAT 5; 19th May 2016 at 08:36.