In the UK,a hold of up to 20 mins is regarded as no delay.After that you have to issue EAT's.There is also no such thing as tight on fuel.It's are you declaring an emergency,or get treated the same as everyone else.
ANSA
The biggest problem with all single runway ops is maximum runway
utilisation.The ''Arrogant Tossers'' as you quote are pointing out that it's not efficient as it could be.This causes delays in the air and go-arounds for whatever reason create a lot of hassle.
There are many places in europe that operate with minimum staff,no conflict alert and minimum time off.Don't feel so hard done by,because everyone is short of staff with increasing traffic levels.Even in the UK
