we were planning on you being given the standard 3a arrival when our colleagues down the line selected you for a big 1e, there were two guys at 240 that would have been a better choice but there we go!
You don't have to agree to their choice, if it works better for you then tell them one of the two at 240 is going to do it. They only want one taken away from LAM is doesn't matter which one. In my experience the BIG stack swaps are always the crap choice of aircraft because the traffic manager making the choice doesn't make it on the basis of where the traffic actually is.
As for the 270kts speed limit.... worst idea ever, it really limits flexibility when you need it. CLN is hard enough without slowing the first ones up so that the rear ones catch up thus increasing the bunching.
I also don't get the idea that it will reduce holding times, it will just delay it by a few minutes, everyone still wants to land at the same time, so wether they all get there at 300 or 270 makes no difference IMO. To reduce holding times in the TMA they need to reduce the amount of traffic in total, but that won't happen will it?
