Is the CFMU open to public scrutiny? Is is possible to enquire how the system works and for them (EuroControl) to tell us where it is lacking? I'm going to guess not - it has the word 'Euro' in the title. I also get the feeling that they are little more than Carol in Little Britain - "...the computer says No." I say that because some days slots are issued and leap around the place like demons yet the sky is empty at the alleged bottleneck, other days the sky is saturated and controllers are pulling their hair out dealing with traffic are there no slots. Other days you re-file at a different level to avoid a slot and find not only is your original level available but you get a direct of you climb. It's a poor system we just have to put up with while it wrecks people's travel plans.
PM