I also do this arrival all the time. When it first was published I remember commenting that "This is a violation waiting to happen". It is an absurd procedure which increases pilot workload quite a bit at a time when a lot is going on.

I am not normally a whiner about procedures because it's part of our job. But this Eldee 3 arrival to DCA stinks and it stinks even worse that they NOTAMed the changes without a permanent change to the chart very quickly.

Still, it can be done safely and properly, but it needs to be briefed and studied before you get to the beginning of the arrival.