Reference the delays at Bekol ..and Dotmi..ATC has tried but is unable to make improvments to the situation.
We do our best to provide the best service possible with continually changing restrictions. You really would have to witness the daily circus of requirments provide by our brothers to the north first hand to trully appreciate how difficult it is to provide any kind of reasonable flow through these exit points. Not unusuall for Sydney-Shanghai flights to orbit waiting for ther DT crossing time to come up. ???
The only people that have the power to force improvements to the system are the Airlines. Airline management
must formally and
regularly complain to the authorities untill some form of improvement is made.
You as pilots need to formally complain to managment..do you ??
ATC can co-ordinate with the airlines but you just do not appreciate how often the restrictions change from hour to hour. Sure we could advise expect 1 hour delay, but then 15 minutes later it changes to 1 hour 30 and then 30 minutes later it changes to no delay..where do you want your passengers to be in this situation. China needs to get it's act sorted out and it will take pressure from the airlines for this to happen.
Weather is just around the corner and Olympics not to far off...Good luck ??
