Chiglet.
Probably true your Dan Air story. I have also done the same thing before in the past. If your clued up enough to know in advance where your problem spots are gonna be, we used to file early. (Although not to the excess of two hours- maybe just 20 or thirty minutes). Again as you say, now more and more airfields are co-ordinated your flightplan has to match your runway slot. Can't get away with it these days!
Of course I wouldn't condone such actions anyway!
