Originally Posted by
skypilot35
We were "Cleared for the Visual" the other day, no speed restriction assigned. I began slowing for our last notch of flaps and the approach controller got pretty upset. She said we needed to speed back up and that we should have notified her of our speed change. Again, we were cleared for the visual, no speed assigned and established on the localizer within 3nm to 5nm of the FAF...
Yea, well, she was wrong. Remember a lot of controllers you talk to are in training with their instructor sitting right behind them, and get corrected behind the scenes after situations like that. You probably helped her learn an important lesson about approach clearances and speed assignments.