My point entirely. My post was aimed at EK higher ups who are not doing what they should be to improve things in our home airspace. Changes appear to be too hard to accomplish so instead we get this "green airline" drivel from the company
PR department. In a nutshell if as much effort was put into adressing problems as painting over them it could make a real difference.
We all know it is going to be a goat fu*k arriving and departing at the times you mentioned so as a result anyone who has been around more than a day carries additional fuel which increases enroute fuel burn and blows the environmentally friendly concept further out of the water.
The ATC proceedures thing has been done to death on this forum so I won't reignite the debate other than to say that if we are honest with ourselves we can all see areas where things could be vastly improved.