Euro control recently complained to Spanish ATC that not only were they allowing certain operators to depart early on slot times, but also giving large direct routings to aircraft when airborne, thus negating the flow control system. The spaniards have resolved this by making all aircraft fly full Arrival/Departure procedures, not allowing any short cuts/direct routings and restricting aircraft to the filed flight plan level. I flew the Bailen 1J departure on Fri, which takes the aircraft to 14 miles on the centreline before turning towards Granada
