Thanks to Madrid ATC for the past 3 days.
Having flown in and out of Madrid for the past 3 days, in some horrendous storms, ATC have been brilliant! They accommodated our extreme deviations and height profiles, gave no priority to Spanish aircraft, asked for our opinion before giving vectors and some even used speed control by way of making spaces between aircraft!
It was truly enlightening. They CAN do it! Perhaps if they take some of their effort away from vectoring Spanish aircraft at the expense of non-nationals, they would provide a high class service on a daily basis.