what would solve some of the probs nimmer me old son is dubai accepting 10nm as they are supposed to instead of this 15,20,25,30nm spacing we have to give "in case it gets busy/there might be some depatures" .
perfect example my first night shift 7 inbound all approx 8-12nm in trail. would have worked a treat with some speeds till dubai asked for 30nm in trail as they had some depatures pending. in one easy step we have gone from a 70nm trail to a 210nm trail. so vectors holds and speeds given with the correct spacing handed off to dubai. on first contact dubai did the usual "dct no speed". well i suppose if there are ALOT of depatures going and being single rwy ops i can sort of understand some increased spacing. but 30nm?????
total count for depatures within the hour period from the start of the sequence??? 4.........
as has been said earlier you want the holds do a saftey/economy case, prove your point and go to the bosses. i hope you enjoy them.
I AM NOT A DEFENDER OF THE GREAT DANE AND HIS POLICIES but he didn't just take the airspace/holds etc from dubai. the bosses in dubai had to agree and sign them over. they are as much to blame as he is.