Originally Posted by
marco
Most times ATC will give a pilot's discretion descent clearance, so you can hang out at cruise altitude until you're ready to descend. You know that you are making ATC nervous when they coyly ask you if you're going to make that crossing restriction!
I almost always ask for a discretionary descent and ATC usually works with me - no problem. One of the worst was going from OK to VA; ATC just hada hard time working us in with other corossing traffic I assume and always tried to work us down way too far out for our liking - but it all works out in the end
Yeah - I imagine they might get a llittle nervous - but I've always made those restrictions (so far and knocking on wood!)
USMCFLYR