Originally Posted by ogogog

thats par for the course, welcome to the new FAA.as bad as it sounds controllers are no longer in charge of our sectors, its do what you are told period or else.thats untill the sups screw up than its the controllers falt.nothing like being the dick in the middle.iam sure every controller at D10 felt like ****** when this was going on,the pilot should have just said iam an emergency fuel and were heading for rwy 17C, remember an aircraft in distress has the right of way over all others and the FARs were in the pilots favor.this is what happens when arrival rate is more important safety.