As a professional (how pompous is that?) it still smarts that I have to claim to have a tug in order to get a tug – sometimes. It’s a gamble, and when you get push clearance and you tug has bu99ered off, or not turned up, then you are the d1ck.
Don’t like it. There is too much other stuff to be dealing with.
However………….
LHR ATC there are no finer controllers in the world. Period.
Had to hold too often because president xxxxxxxev of Azerbaijan is within 50K of the airfield and if you didn’t arrive with 40 mins holding – tough. Amateur operations are the norm all to often at ‘the other end’.
LHR info structure busting at the seams, T5 completion eagerly awaited. In the mean time, lets all keep a sense of humour.
Bish (after too much real ale)