Originally Posted by
HIFLYR
If you scourge of the planet RJ's would get out of the fast lane then the controllers job would be easier and real jets could go faster. I think FAA needs to have slow lanes designed for RJ's, they are constantly clogging the airway. Also, no need to be a jerk to the controllers post he was just trying to give a suggestion.
There's almost always a plane faster and slower than whatever you're flying, and traditionally the most extreme ones got and get a different routing and/or altitude. Nothing new there.
As to being a jerk.... I was a controller for about the same amount of time that this "anonymous" poster claims to be. I agree with his suggestion. I disagree that it's all on the pilots. The pilots can't know when speed will be an issue. Only the controller does. In those cases, assign a speed.
But then I'm the "scourge of the planet RJ'".
