Flying around in circles
as a very frequent traveller into LHR, I have often been held by Euro Control awaiting a suitable slot for TO.
Most of us on board realise that the air ways are busy but what really gets us down is when we are held on the ground for 1 hour only to arrive at LHR and be told to stack for 20 mins.
Surely, when arriving from AMS,BRU,CDG etc it would be easier to stay on the ground on the understanding that you do your "stacking" there and get a straight in (or only once round) when you arrive.
I am sure I probably have an over inflated opinion of ATC's computer systems and its not possible to predict with this much accuracy but if flights (from above) are only 10-15 mins out of our airspace on TO surely something could be done ???