The holds again!!! We all agree holding is best for everybody, that is except for Mr. Dane at abu dhabi. Dubai needs holds in the TMA, especially in single runway ops. Classic example last night, no outbounds so 5 mile gaps order of the day, however by the time ACC vectored the stuff out of the holds and gave it to us in approach, we had outbounds at the hold!!!
ATC isn't rocket science, holding by approach controllers works everwhere else, why can't Mr. Dane see that I wonder!!!!
Amazes me how both ACC and Dubai provide the service level we do with these procedures, however compared to other ATC units our service provision is crap.
To sum ATC in the UAE;
Safe, Orderly expeditious, SAFE-just (But we have our moments), orderly (hardly), expeditious (never).