So why have we had unexpected slots recently? I can understand into Germany, but I have had others.
I usually don't get them because of the time of day/routing I fly, but have had several recently. It is a nuissance if I am not being handled, so don't know until I am in the aircraft and the customer then has to be told. In the last one I waited 20 minutes for my slot but still London couldn't manage to give me a release into controlled airspace and when i did get up I was routed well out of the way by radar vector. So what was the point of the slot?