I agree with West Coast. Too many pilots? who can't fly their aircraft. There is more to flying than pounding away on a MCDU and pushing or pulling knobs on the FCU. If you are not comfortable with your ability to deal with the proceedures at your destination then you have no business flying there. Bid a route more suitable to your skills. LHR Nice might be good. You would even get the odd July off when French ATC go on strike.
I have flown all over the world and IMHO ATC in the US is by far the best I have had to deal with. They can move far more traffic per hour than any European agency I know of.
Idunno...LHR is far down the list of busy airports in terms of total movements. ATC just makes it seem like they're busy.