Originally Posted by
SilkySmooth
Apparently, according to him, if a pilot requests information on further delays once a release time has been given, the controller in obligated (by law) to call for another release time.
Maybe I'm reading things wrong but asking for a simple update doesn't automatically get you a later time. Several times in EWR when fuel's getting low this would have been a huge issue to watch our time get "reset". Actually sometimes I've asked for updates and they say "looks like traffic is starting to move again we'll probably be bumping your time up here in a few min. just monitor this freq".