Exile from Groggs and Lou Scannon
I am sorry to disappoint you but delaying a flight to secure more allowances is not something I have ever seen or practised and in fact the allowance system is not quite so easily abused. We sometimes get a request from our CC colleagues to be a few minutes later on stand because it triggers another allowance for them but the FC allowances do not work like that. Also Box Ds are long gone.
Back to the original subject. Most of us are just trying to do our job well. We have pressure to leave on time (passenger perception, station performance etc) but then are not supposed to land early (lack of parking stands, lack of staff etc). Landing and sitting on the airfield I agree is the best option but that really upsets the passengers. So if anybody has the solution, which is in fact T5 then all suggestions are welcome.
Heathrow Director
If you can apply pressure to our management I am sure that will be far more effective than anything we can do. I agrere the situation is ludicrous but contrary to the beliefs of the more puerile contributors here the problem is more complicated than it would first appear.