To Mr. John Boeman (or have I got to call you Sir),
For your words I recomend to buy "your" own airport to use "your" 767 without pain. The speeds you state are appropiate in situations of heavy traffic in order to avoid holdings in the IAF and, therefore, save "your" fuel. After almost 30 years on the job I feel very proud of it and satisfied every time I come home after a heavy working day.
To unwiseowl,
your opinion is just like your nick, unwise.
To Eff Oh,
How did you know the portuguese was 40 nm behind you?. Unbelievable.
Avman said: " It has absolutely NOTHING to do with favouritism. You need to be aware of the many factors that dictate departure and arrival sequences". Agree 100%, and the controllers is the only one who knows and manage these factors.
Four Seven Eleven's 5 points are very accurate, especially nš5.
Fortunately not every opinion on spanish ATC is negative (
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...threadid=93111).
Enjoy the summer wherever you are.
Regards
Pako