Flow control from NYO
Have recently not been allowed to leave NYO due to some dubious interpretation on behalf of local ATC on when a scheduled flight can be released if they are planning to depart ahead of schedule. Now, there are no slots or restrictions on the flight however the tower controler tells us we cannot taxi until scheduled take-off time minus 15 min? They told us to have the plan refiled if we wanted to get away earlier! Please tell me these guys are gravely misunderstanding the situation and have taken it upon themselves of providing flow control for the rest of the world because never in my 20 years experience have I heard of such utter nonsense?!