I agree with most of what was said above.
The problem is that the 'Z' crew can handle 3.1 with 3 unnecessary runway changes per hour in VRB3KT CAVOK conditions. Its consistency.
The above is half the problem. There is NO consistency. One night duty you are running 10nm both sides...maybe 15 on one. It looks busy in the TMA but the in-trail spacing on finals is 4-5nm. On the other night duty, we have 15 in each stack, running 20nm both sides and about 6 in the TMA. Thats why we're frustrated. Can't some of the A team go to the Z team for a while...just to show them. I can't simply believe that the regs are that tight. Here's an idea. Most traffic on a night duty comes from the DESDI hold. Why not just run 10nm all night from there and 15 from BUBIN. It worked a dream the other night with much the same traffic as any other night. And don't do a runway change in the middle of it when the wind is calm.....
Believe me, DESDI is a serious chokepoint. Something IS going to happen there some night. Its inevitable.
