Bluesky, all noted, just want to make sure we are not scre***ng you guys too much when we need more space
Couple of notes though, if we ask for more spacing speeding someone up is not helping us at all, even if that might achieve 15/20/whatever miles spacing between two arrivals.
Preplanning is a non-existing word for us, we have no idea what our traffic will be like untill we see it on our screens (and with the range we are working we don't really notice all the arrivals untill they are 20nm or so outside our airspace (and the TANGA and ATUDO guys always seems to catch us by surprise)).
Also, as a note, a Dash 8 will outfly mostly any other aeroplane in the CTA, so trying to get someone to overtake with high speed when passing BOXAK just makes it complicated for us.
BeCAreful, we are still only certified for single runway operations, so there are no chance of going dual runway anytime soon (as far as I know they are going to close the south runway for several months to refurbish the surface and build some more taxiway connections, so we will be single runway ops untill that is completed I am sure...)