PAXboy,
Don't think in this particular case that our flight would have been held down long, just descended for the crossing traffic.
Lumpur can be a headache at times.
Oddly enough, this particular guy was the chief pilot for awhile, and quite a nice fellow as well. Sure don't understand the reasoning on this afternoon however. My First Officer (also deadheading on the other obs seat), just stared into space, not saying a word. In reality, what else could he do...complain?
Yep, and be sent home without pay for awhile.
Sadly, some areas of the world just work like this.