Hey guys,
Yeah, it was a real problem yesterday. More than one jet told us that if they weren't off the stack right on their EAT they were going to have to go elsewhere (and on or two mentioned if they went around it was going to be declaring a PAN).
Unfortunately, while staffing probelms have been the issue of many delays like tis ofer the past couple of months, there were 5 staff off sick in the Tower yesterday, hence the requirement for 4 mile spacing on final approach. There were some heft flow restrictions in place to try and catch some of it, but it didn't help that much. And, although it doesn't help those who did hold for all that time, at 1300 when we went back to normal spacing, the delays did come down considerably.
Personall, I have to say thank you for all your patience yesterday (especially when the EATS were being put back a couple of times). I haven't seen that many jets holding for ages!