Flying Torquewrench,
Your post is the proof that you can give your opinion with respect, which i thank you.
I have never seen a situation like the one you are saying. Itīs nonsense to give you a delay vector if another aircraft is 15 miles behind, since none of you would have delay if you keep flying towards the field. I think the controller had another reason to take that decision, because, like you have been told, there is no reason at all to give priority to spanish companies, since they are not state companies anymore and they donīt give us any special treatment when we fly on vacation (like i said before british and german companies give us more and better conditions to fly). Anyway i take your word since you were there and i was not. Anyway, it could be that this controller made a bad decision or that he/she was pissed at your company, i donīt know.
"You got loads of good ones and a few bad ones who spoil the show for everybody"
You are right, but letīs look at the situation on the other way: you can speak, on a trip through Spain, with 6 or 7 spanish controllers, while i speak with a lot more english pilots in just one hour. Everyday i see one or two that really seem to not having any idea of whatīs going on, but i donīt finish my work day and go home saying: "British pilots dont know how to fly!", "Please teach those brits how to make a XXX approach", "Itīs a matter of time to have a major accident with a british pilot!" It would be stupid to think like that, since i assume that you are great proffesionals that try to make your job as good as possible every day, and our business is the same one, SAFETY. And i miss the same treatment from some of the ones that write around here.
Thanks for your opinion. Safe flights.