Originally Posted by HD
Holding is employed at just about every major airport, worldwide, so stop losing sleep!
- must be new, that! I held no more than twice each at most 'major' European airports in 16 years (apart from Madrid where I held 3 times because I was not Spanish.......................

) whereas at LHR I held EVERY time
Never flew to 'majors' in the USA/Africa/India/Australia so cannot comment there - but never held at Moscow either.