ATC question

[wmuflyguy]

Why is that?

Just a Comfort thing. A slower decent keeps the pitch attitude of the airplane closet to level. If it is some rich guys jet, he prolly doesn't care about the gas as much as he cares about comfort.

 

[pilotviolin]

If it is like the rich guy in back we fly, I like to tell him I just saved him a couple minutes and a bunch of gas by staying up high and going fast. Most rich dudes I know got rich by being tight wads, and don't mind going down a little steeper, and saving time. We do no less than 3000 fpm descents from altitude, unless it is simple altitude changes or socal's famous steep downs 300 miles out. BTW ATC wastes more gas than SUV's do in a day.