Ali,
Apart from the concensus that holding is better than a conga tour of the Dubai CTA it's sad to see such a lack of appreciation of how things are done at each other's unit. I'm happy to say that I've been to the centre so have a better appreciation of the conditions/procedures you work to. Maybe it would be a good idea if some of you guys took a trip to Dubai on a busy night shift and see first hand what we are up against. Single runway ops, limited taxi routes available and a building site for an airport are just a few of the issues we have against us. I have it on good authority that famil visits for you to us are positively discouraged but I think it's the only way we will have a better picture of what's going on and work together. After all we're batting for the same team.
or the bunch of 10 coming trough from the west we only need 10nm but hold the 2 from the east till time .....
Sorry but we're not allowed to do that. We can only stipulate the flow rate, it's up to you to decide whether holding is required...(except emergency holding). It would be great of we could but the LoA doesn't allow it. More proof of a poor system.
RD