Scuzi
However, I resent being accused of lying
I never accused anybody of lying - my sincere apologies if that is way it came across.
This thread is about improving the accuracy of the information about delays inbound the London TMA, LHR especially. Hopefully you agree that we are after the same thing here, but viewing from different perspectives.
Take the mere 6 extra minutes. That did not include slowing down so add a couple - an extra 8 minutes on a 15 minutes estimate is over 50% in error.
That day it did matter. The flight plan was not the most generous, but there was no reason to take more gas. I had already committed based on the 15 min, the extra delay plus extended routing all start making things a bit tight.
I'm not throwing accusations at anybody, I just agree with the original observation that the quality of inbound delay info has deteriorated.
If you want a Fam flight - PM me and we will try and get one sorted.
T'bug