I think you may find that "Mr Hudd" did not get a slot...
The less than worthy (in his eyes apparently) ops staff would have been the ones doing that. Of Course in Mr Biggles eerrrrr.... I mean Hudds little dream-world, the guys and gals that load the plane, deal with the pax, fuel, de-ice, dispatch and w&b, ops, clean, cater and pushback the plane are irrelevant. As they are not "worship the ground I walk upon" pilots.
No man is an island my dear boy. Just remember it is hard to "pilot" your aircraft with my 40 tonne tug attached to your nose wheel. Keep running your mouth, we are slowly but surely figuring out who you are! And when that happens, you may find that you will have REAL reason to complain about MAN as your turnarounds there will start getting a tad more "challenging".