Originally Posted by yamahas3

How far out are we talking here? 30 miles out going to 180? Absent unique situations, thats completely unnecessary and screams inability to manage energy and just taking the easy way out.

You take pilots who don't have to know about energy management, descent profiles, speed requirements, etc in their previous life flying 172s, stick them in an RJ without teaching them anything about it and they're going to do one of two things: fly 250 to the marker because they think they can pull it off and have no clue why they shouldn't do this -or- slow to 180kts 30nm out because they have been bitten by the previous situation a few times and can't figure out how to plan appropriately.... and in both situations, they're in a bubble totally oblivious to how what they're doing affects everyone else.


Though they're doing this and I see it every day, I don't blame them. Take pilots who aren't qualified or experienced enough for the jet and put them in the front end with completely inadequate training and this is what you get.