Originally Posted by almost professional
A Slot is part of the ATC clearance, therefore informing A/C of the slot and revisions and ensuring A/C meet the slot is most definitly a controlling task!-MATS PT1 chapter 4 2.2
Exactly almost profesional
How difficult or time consuming is it to say to a pilot after giving an a/c his clearance and listening to the readback say "XXX123 readback correct, your slot time is XXXX"
At this point the pilot will either:-
a) Inform you that he is aware of the slot, or
b) Be shocked and appalled and state he was unaware as the handling agent had not informed him that there was a restriction.
Either way everyone will now know where they stand and it will then be up to either the pilot's company/handling agent or ATC to try and get an improvement, who then is responsible seems to be decided at a local level rather than something which is subject to any hard and fast rules.
Job Done