On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 09:03:35 -0600, "tscottme"
wrote in ::

... we were told they could set off ATC alarms with a fast descent.

I don't think it takes too high a rate of descent to set off ATC
alarms. I have done it on short final at KSNA (John Wayne/Santa Ana)
in a Piper PA28-235 in a full rudder deflection slip. The fire
equipment was rolling before I touched down.