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Jun 25, 2022, 7:30 pm

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LarryJ

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Originally Posted by Herb687

I'd be a lot more worried going into NY Tracon airspace. There was an audio clip posted of an N90 controller who took up tons of radio time repeatedly berating a B6 pilot and threatening a 360 for resequencing for not being at the speed the controller would have liked (apparently prior sector never issued a restriction noted as "expect" on the STAR).

What airport and STAR was that?

Typically, the altitudes are EXCEPT, the airspeeds are AT. You fly the charted airspeed unless told to do otherwise.

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