Slot improvements
Hi controllers.
Just a quick querie regarding slot improvements.
I was in Brussels this morning with a slot delay. Once the doors were closed we sent a ready message via Brussels Delivery & then listened out on the frequency.
We had a member of the flow control staff on board who, fortunately for us, had been on the phone to his collegue when I informed the passengers of the slot delay. His collegue said that the slot had improved some time ago & we should get a move on if we were going to make the new one in time.
We asked delivery about the new slot who ummed & ahhed then confirmed the slot. The point is had we not asked we would probably never been told about the improvement.
Is it part of the service for ATC to inform us about slot improvements after a ready message has been sent? Or is it just a courtesy that other units offer that Brussels doesn't.