Hi Daermon,
yes I know there is another thread, but opening this specific one may save some of the pilots from diverting - certainly we now need some extra tools in our armoury to fight the controllers in Madrid!
I have NEVER had a controller, anywhere in the world encouraging me to divert!!!!!
Yes, it does continue to happen, like the following evening when we had a one hour delay from IBZ to MAD due to slot restriction from MAD for a 2am arrival, again empty skies!!!!!
But thanks for the link, what I cant understand is if you know there are one hour delays, why do you give us a CTOT that gets us to MAD in the middle of these delays?
Have the controller numbers suddenly changed, or was she trying to make a point at our, the airlines, expense?