Be creative? Can you be creative with operating procedures on the flight deck
Ok, wrong choice of words. There are pilots that call a high speed descent 270IAS to 25 miles and there are those who call it 300 till 15, same same ATC.
Yes, I've heard the same old " you don't have the big picture " excuses before and of course I don't expect any controller to actually admit there are good and bad controllers.
One PH ATC ex HK reckons it was a doddle compared to PH these days
What absolute BS ! HKG has the language issue, some very poor English, the issue of a lot of local pilots doing their own thing eg 180IAS at 30nm and you think having T/props, that are quite often as fast as jets in close, is a problem.
You reckon PH basin airspace is simple, with PEA & JT??
Guanzhou, Macau, Shenzen and Zuhai within spitting distance and nothing leaves the ground in HKG to head north without a clearance from china. Couple all this with far more traffic 24/7 than Perth could ever conceive.
Your comments just prove you lot need to get out and see a real airport in operation.