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Merlin · August 22nd, 2006, 00:54

It seems to me that by the time we get the turn, we have usually already been slowed and that apparently didnt do enough, so the vector comes to finally meet the requirements--at least on an arrival.

I guess an exception may be that you are near the front of the line and are given, say 300 kts, behind someone doing 310 or better and you get the turn. But even then, I think they usually start slowing the line from the front and turning the guys in the back as things start to bunch up or they get too slow (isnt 250 the minimum assignable speed that Center can assign?)

Is that about right?

August 22nd, 2006, 00:54	#4
Merlin Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 142	Re: to slow, or not to slow... It seems to me that by the time we get the turn, we have usually already been slowed and that apparently didnt do enough, so the vector comes to finally meet the requirements--at least on an arrival. I guess an exception may be that you are near the front of the line and are given, say 300 kts, behind someone doing 310 or better and you get the turn. But even then, I think they usually start slowing the line from the front and turning the guys in the back as things start to bunch up or they get too slow (isnt 250 the minimum assignable speed that Center can assign?) Is that about right? __________________ I do what the voices in my wife's head tell me to do.