Jazz - a pilot's viewpoint. Yes it is frustrating, but if you operate to Frankfurt a bit it is something you get used to, and although I have not been for a while it used to be a fairly simple 'alternate' brief and normally you knew on base leg with time to make the changes. The real crippler was when they had the dinky little runway on the left as an option which would have made briefing a nightmare, but I think that died a natural?
Regarding changes on departure, that sounds extremely inefficient. They should be able to sort themselves out better than that. Sounds like they need
a plan and a frequency like AMS which nominates the runway pairing for the next period?
There has always been a slightly 'superior' tone from ATC there and it does sound like a disregard for the customers to me. However, rarely have I used other than 18 there for departure and never have I had a change. Sounds like they have it in for you
