FLC OF EMB120 MISSED XING RESTR BY 800 FT AND 20 SECONDS. THEY WERE ASKED ALT AND TOLD TO CONTACT APCH WITH NO TIME FOR A RESPONSE AS THEY WERE DSNDING TO MEET THE XING RESTR.

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WHILE ENRTE FROM EVANSVILLE; IN; TO THE ATL ARPT ON THE ROME 9 ARR; WE AS A FLC OF 2; FOUND OURSELVES 800 FT HIGH AT OUR XING INTXN. WE WERE TO CROSS ERLIN INTXN AT 11000 FT. AT THE SAME TIME WE DISCOVERED OUR ERROR; ZTL ASKED US TO SAY OUR ALT; BUT BEFORE WE RESPONDED; ZTL THEN TOLD US TO CONTACT APCH CTL FOR OUR ARR INTO ATL. AS WE DSNDED AT 3000 FPM; WE WERE LEVEL AT 11000 FT 20 SECONDS AFTER ERLIN INTXN. ALSO; WITH THE TCASII ABOARD THE ACFT; WE WERE ABLE TO SEE FASTER TFC BEHIND US AT A SAFE DISTANCE AS WE EXPEDITED OUR DSCNT TO 11000 FT. NOW WITH US LEVEL AND CLR OF TFC; I CONTACTED APCH CTL AS DIRECTED BY THE CTR CTLR. THE PROB AROSE AS I WAS INSTRUCTING A FO ON HOW TO (BELIEVE IT OR NOT) CALCULATE A VERT DSCNT RATE USING THE MACH X PITCH = VVI FORMULA USED BY THE MIL TO COME UP WITH A DSCNT RATE TO MEET A XING RESTR. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE LATE; OR SHOULD I SAY; TIGHT RESTRICTION PLACED ON US TO BEGIN WITH BY CTR WHICH LED TO ME COACHING THE FO DOWN IN THE FIRST PLACE. WITH THE CTLR QUERYING ME ABOUT MY ALT; AND AT THE SAME TIME WITHOUT A RESPONSE TO HIS FIRST QUESTION; HE THEN ASSIGNS A FREQ CHANGE TO APCH. WHILE I'M WATCHING THE ALTIMETER AND TCASII AND GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE FO TO INSURE A SAFE RIDE; I AM AT THIS TIME OVERLOADED TO THE POINT THAT I SWITCH TO APCH AS INSTRUCTED; BUT I DO NOT REMEMBER IF I ACKNOWLEDGED THE CTLR BEFORE I SWITCHED FREQ. IN 20 SECONDS TIME WE WERE 1) CLR OF TFC; 2) LEVEL AT 11000 FT; 3) ON ANOTHER FREQ; 4) PROCEEDING WITH AN OTHERWISE NON EVENTFUL FLT.