A319 PLT DESCRIBED FAILURE TO MEET ATC ALT/SPEED RESTRICTION ON DESCENT; ALLEGING CTLR UNPROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE AND HANDLING.

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ATC GAVE US A LATE DSCNT TO CROSS HAYED AT FL180. WE BEGAN A DSCNT AT 5100 FPM; WELL IN EXCESS OF THE STANDARD 2000 FPM ON A NORMAL DSCNT. WE STARTED THIS AT FL370. DURING THE DSCNT; ATC TOLD US TO CROSS HAYED AT FL180 AND 250 KTS. I TOLD THE CTLR WE COULD DO EITHER SPD OR ALT; BUT NOT BOTH. THE CTLR STARTED ARGUING WITH ME AND TOLD ME WE COULD DO BOTH. I AGAIN TOLD HIM WE COULD NOT; AND HIS CHOICE WAS AIRSPD OR ALT. THEN THE CTLR STARTED QUESTIONING OTHER FLTS TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANY PROB MAKING THE DSCNT. HE ASKED ACFT Y AT FL330; WILL YOU HAVE ANY PROB MAKING THE DSCNT? ACFT Y REPLIED NO. ACFT Y WAS ALSO 4000 FT LOWER THAN US WHEN THEY BEGAN THEIR DSCNT. THEN THE CTLR CAME BACK AND TOLD US ACFT Y AND OTHER ACFT COULD MAKE THE DSCNT; WHY COULD WE NOT? NEVER IN 20+ YRS OF FLYING HAVE I HAD A CTLR BEHAVE IN SUCH A MANNER. THIS WAS EXTREMELY DISRUPTIVE TO THE SAFETY OF THE FLT. THE CTLR THEN VECTORED US OFF COURSE; TURNED US BACK; THEN STATED; 'IT LOOKS LIKE YOU CAN MAKE YOUR DSCNT AFTER ALL.' WELL; AFTER THE VECTOR; YES WE COULD! SINCE WHEN DOES A CTLR ATTEMPT TO FLY THE AIRPLANE? SINCE WHEN DOES A CTLR ACTUALLY CREATE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE UNSAFE CONDUCT OF A FLT? WHERE IS ANY MODICUM OF PROFESSIONALISM FROM THIS CTLR?