Originally Posted by
ZOOKER
The best way to make holding at LAM a thing of the past is to reduce the number of planes using Heathrow.
In other words the function of a queue (in any context) is to act as a buffer between supply and demand where an asset (e.g. runway) has a finite capacity and you need to get maximum utilisation from it. There's no reason why aviation should be an exception to that principle, and it isn't.
Remove the ability to queue, and utilisation of the asset will inevitably be reduced unless you come up with the kind of cute solution to smoothing demand that currently seems to be beyond the capability of the European ATC network.
I don't expect the LHR stacks to disappear within my lifetime.