P.S. I am always bemused on the very rare occasion that a pilot complains about being held or vectored, that they think I or my colleagues are enjoying holding or vectoring 10 or more aircraft when we could be giving them direct feeder fix/ unrestricted descent and getting them out of our airspace. Anyone who flew into or north of sydney the last 3 afternoon/ evenings will know what I am talking about. Have a nice day.
I am always bemused by the fact that we can take off from a capital city, fly several hundred miles, at a time and speed known to ATC, only to be told in the last few minutes of cruise that we need to lose several minutes or hold.
As though we all magically popped up from nowhere.
Most of us are too busy muttering expletives to complain on air.