I’ll probably get eviscerated on this post for being a dummy and that’s fine, but half of my flights in the last year have required a delayed departure to allow for metering the arrivals at the destination. It’s pretty annoying, personally now with a small child with me where every minute locked in the cabin counts, and I’m just wondering if it’s becoming more and more of a thing or if I’ve just never noticed before. I would also love to know if this is talked about among pilot or controller circles and whether anyone cares to prevent it from happening so much.