wheelsup
Well-Known Member
Let's pretend you're flying along going into a hub city. ATC (center) gives you a vector up to 90 degrees from your course for spacing.
Would it mess up ATC's sequence to slow down on your own so you don't fly too far out of the way, but still get whatever seperation is needed, or continue at your current cruise speed on the vector?
The thought process here is that I don't want to go to far out of the way burning gas (takes more to go faster) and if you slow down from say 300 to 250 it'll save a little bit of $$. But I also don't want to throw a wrench in ATC's plans as that wouldn't be worth the gas savings IMO, and it might even screw it up even more down the road.
thx
Would it mess up ATC's sequence to slow down on your own so you don't fly too far out of the way, but still get whatever seperation is needed, or continue at your current cruise speed on the vector?
The thought process here is that I don't want to go to far out of the way burning gas (takes more to go faster) and if you slow down from say 300 to 250 it'll save a little bit of $$. But I also don't want to throw a wrench in ATC's plans as that wouldn't be worth the gas savings IMO, and it might even screw it up even more down the road.
thx