The hours building orbits north of the field widely known as a "Winchester 2 arrival", 'cos on a clear day you get to see Winchester twice!
As indicated in previous responses, ops normal at SOU. All due to a lack of controlled airspace in the Solent CTA, the base level of Q41 north of the CTA being FL 65 and local NATS policy of retaining aircraft within the limited controlled airspace that is available. The latter a very good idea to avoid TCAS going into meltdown.
Would be curious to know the additional fuel burn incurred annually by Flybe. About time for a long overdue Airspace Change Proposal to be kicked off for SOU to secure adequate controlled airspace for the traffic they already have, plus what could appear when the E175s arrive, assuming that SOU have somewhere to park them on their restrictive apron!
All that initially needs to be done is for BAA SOU to accept that an ACP is long overdue, and accept the fact that they are going to have to find a way of funding it, albeit that the cost can be shared with BOH to simultaneously increase Solent CTA airspace for the protection of BOH traffic, although ATC BOH and their customers currently don't seem too bothered about regularly leaving controlled airspace.