FGS,
Thanks for the reply.
We thought about that, but I must admit I thought that by 20mins from the hold into Sydney we'd be under radar by then.
The guy behind us also got a 25 minute hold... I'd have thought maybe telling him to slow down would work? Not many aircraft fly around at .88 after being told they'll hold.
My point was more that it wasn't the instruction that was annoying, as the lack of information as to why (even after one polite inquiry... we didn't ask twice!) A small thing in the scheme of things, but something that gets brownie points for when we do the next secret ballot for controller of the year
