Any aircraft, regardless of category and priority, should arrive at, or at least close to its assigned slot and when they don't turn up it is a pain for everyone. Not just the guys following who had to slow for an aircraft that doesn't arrive but the planner who now needs to fix the slots when that aircraft calls for another slot time or the approach controller when they turn up an hour late without a slot.
Totally agree.
RENURRP was more concerned that he is disadvantaged because he is allocated a slot later than the lighties. The fact that the aircraft didn't turn up is incidental because if RENURRP had been issued a slot time earlier, he wouldn't have been slowed for the lightie - he would have got the slot he wanted.
if you don't make the slot time you have to put a carton in the kitty for a joint RAAF ATC/Pilot xmas piss up
While RENURRP doesn't have greater priority than a lot of the lighties, he certainly should have a fighting chance at getting his preferred slot time especially as he can virtually guarantee meeting it. (Or else he has to donate beers to the tower party....
) When is that by the way...