Originally Posted by Hotel Tango;[url=tel:11156256
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Ah yes, I remember a time when ATC delays were common enough that they became the standard and convenient excuse for delays whatever the real reason was. One crew got caught out when I was on board. Quick call to my mates at Flow who confirmed (as I had suspected) that the flight I was on was not subject to any restrictions! I had a friendly chat to the FD afterwards and they admitted that it was a convenient way of taking pressure off the company for tech or operational issues. Pax just muttered "ATC again"
As NATS employees we had the option to file a report of such instances on returning back to base. Some of us used to show our business cards on similarly having friendly chats with the CC. I never had cause to do so