Originally Posted by
Captain Spam Can
When you request 160 till 4 do you expect it until 4D or do you expect at 5D the aircraft will start to configure. I only ask because after 8 years I'd say 99.9% of my colleagues brief and will start slowing down (dropping the gear) at 5D.
Honestly it's not a matter of what we do expect but what you are supposed to do, to keep the speed exactly till the specified limit , 4DME.
To make a comparison, what's your behavior when asked to cross a VOR at FL100?