atc slot abuse
Recently, whilst boarding a colleague of mine heard a knocking at the cockpit window.The man announced himself as the "Air Traffic Manager" for the airport and that if the flight had any slot then not to worry because he would sort it out.
What does this mean?
Does this person have the power to change slot times?
Is he trying to be clever by suggesting that he can?
Would he tell his ATC staff to ignore the slot time and let the a/c depart on time regardless.