Originally Posted by
Snakecharma
I do appreciate that stuff happens and sometimes delays just happen, but more info when you have the abacus out trying to figure out what your plan is is better than less info, so perhaps a means of telling the enroute guys/gals who are delivering the delaying info to aircraft the background would be helpful.
Why does it matter? A delay is a delay. You either have the fuel or you don't?
You must also be aware that Airline management pester Airservices to keep the recommended traffic delay advisory to an absolute minimum to save money.