Peter Morrisroe, the managing director of Airport Coordination, the company that is responsible for the allocation of slots at British airports, said: “If an airline wants to retain the rights to its slots, it is essential it complies with the use-it-or-lose-it rule.”
With inflexible, do it my way or else bureaucrats like this in the industry, who needs enemies ?
It's like saying that if Asda find a downturn and don't use an aisle in the supermarket, it has to be offered up to Tesco or Sainsbury to use. And they would never get it back.
Every Heathrow user would love unrequired flights to be eliminated. Think of the reduction in holding.