I'm happy to go 250 to 10 out. It's way more than 250 to the marker which is how we flew the E145.

That said once the slats are already out and the pitch gets above 5 degrees, I call for flaps. Some people like a 10 degree pitch up for prolonged periods in turbulence and behind wake, I don't see the use in it but to each his own.

What did Boeing say, if you put the flaps down to landing flaps on a 747 at 1000' instead of normal you can save... 50 lbs of gas? For an airplane that makes 2 approaches a day you'd save... $40!