"you would be suprised at how much dis/misinformation there is regarding the airspace changes!"
"Almost Professional":-
Quite! - Hence my question. I couldn't forsee a situation where they would be used.
I dimly recall a "freight rush hour" just before midnight at EMA, which seemed to be the biggest "bulge" in inbound traffic during the working day. And the controllers seemed to do an excellent job in spacing the arrivals through extended routings, etc, etc. So no need for holding at that time, it appears.
Ironically, the whole PIGOT/UPDUK area is smack under what used to be Amber One, so some of the earlier generation aircraft are more of a noise intrusion at higher levels on the airway than the later generation stuff would be in the hold.
However, I think that the airport are not doing themselves any favours in not making the changes much more clear to Joe Public.
There is also a concern about a new BPK SID which involves overflying parts of East Leicestershire. Again, more grumblings of heavily-ladened freighters waking whole villages up. Just a decent map with an explanation would go long way...
Thanks for the responses!
bd331