Tommoutrie - thanks for sharing, that is right on the money :D

Nice one Tom.

AIP Barcelona
 

" DELAY INFORMATION ON APPROACH

ATC will not provide EAT (estimated arrival time) information to aircraft holding on approach, as long as the holding time does not exceed 20 minutes."

20 minutes of holding without info if they decide not to give it, how many kilos of fuel for your aircraft ?

The other issue is at the Barcelona arrival ATC centre they need to improve the communication and speed Control Between controllers in different sectors. just after the French border southbound the controller should start asking aircraft to slow down and start speed control earlier.


Also when coming from the North the French contollers need to be more in synch with whats going on in Barcelona.