Originally Posted by
Dirtdiver
If you're within 25-30 miles of TOD, don't do a cruise altitude change, just select "Descend Now". Multiple cruise altitude changes, especially coupled with speed changes/crossing restriction changes by ATC can get the hamsters to spin the wheel too fast. And it reduces the number of pages you have to type things on.
That's funny DD! I especially like the hamster part, but it's usually the "monkey" doing the button pushing that causes most of the problem. All the boxes are very dependent on the stuff you put in them, ie. winds, etc.