obwan
Standing agreements between sectors reduce co-ordination workload significantly and enable vast amounts of traffic to be handled in a one-size-fits-all manner. At this time when airlines and other operators are loaded with unbelievable costs, surely we can do our "bit" to save gas. During quiet hours it should be possible to co-ordinate an eco/cost/flight-efficient/time-saving flight profile. Standing agreements are designed to help us when it's busy, but the down side has always been the draconian effect on smooth economical flight profiles.
Maybe the "offering sector" had been reading up on service provision goals but no-one mentioned it........besides which I thought that anything can be co-ordinated [within reason].
Just an opinion.....no hassle intended. rgds.