Zerotohero
Couldn,t agree with you more. I think it should be mandatory for all Spanish ATCO's to spend some time in a place like Gatwick to see how professional competant controllers keep everything on the rails with a minimum of fuss and a maximum of common courtesy.
And to Avman and the other controllers here, it is not my empolyer that denies requests for shortcuts or the requests for climbs to optimum cruise levels. Fuel burned equals more carbon in the atmosphere. Hey, but what do you guys care. You are making your point at the expence of everyone else and that's all that matters, right?
Maggot