I do agree that there is an argument to maximise use of runway resources.
However one of the best examples of this has got to be LHR. Operating into there in the Fokker 50 (no prizes for guessing which company!) I was always given the runway well in advance and it never changed in my experience.
Now back on Fokker100 and FRA is a regular route for me and it does also frustrate me about the runway lottery. Not the best way to operate into one of the major world airports and just because it has always been that way does not mean that it should stay that way and the crews should have to deal with it.
HP