FLC RPT COMPLAINT ON FLC WORK SCHEDULING AND ATC HANDLING INTO PIT.

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RPTED FOR DUTY AT XX10 AM. OUR SCHEDULE INCLUDED 3 ROUND- TRIPS OUT OF PIT (CMH; CLE; ROA). COMPANY ADVISED US THAT THEY WANTED US TO GO TO AZO INSTEAD OF CLE. THIS WOULD INCREASE OUR TOTAL BLOCK BY 1 HR 7 MINS TO A TOTAL OF 6 HRS 57 MINS FOR THE DAY. DUE TO POOR WX AND ATC HANDLING; WE CONSISTENTLY OVER BLOCKED. PRIOR TO BEGINNING OUR LAST LEG (ROA-PIT); WE WERE AT 6 HRS 35 MINS TOTAL. THIS LEG IS BLOCKED TO 1 HR 10 MINS; WHICH MADE US LEGAL TO START. DURING THE TRIP; HOWEVER; WE WERE HELD; GIVEN 360 DEG TURNS; SLOWED; AND SENT TO OUT OF THE WAY VORS. WE BLOCKED 1 HR 40 MINS FOR THE FLT; A TOTAL OF 8 HRS 15 MINS FOR THE DAY. THIS IS ALLOWED UNDER FAR 135.263 (D). I BELIEVE THE REASON FOR THIS OVER BLOCK TIME IS AS FOLLOWS: 1) WX. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT HAD REDUCED THE CEILINGS AND VISIBILITY AT ALL OUR ARPTS. 2) MY AIRLINE SCHEDULING SO MANY FLTS TO ARRIVE IN PIT AT THE SAME TIME. THIS IS A CONSTANT PRACTICE AMONG AIRLINES; AND SOME HUBS HANDLE IT BETTER THAN OTHERS. 3) PIT APCH. EVEN IN GOOD WX; APCH CANNOT HANDLE TFC SMOOTHLY. I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT ANY OF THE CTLRS HAVE READ THE AIM REGARDING CTLR RESPONSIBILITIES WITH REGARD TO SPD CHANGES AND SO FORTH. WE AVERAGE 12 SPD CHANGES WHEN FLYING INTO PIT; NOT TO MENTION COUNTLESS VECTORS. THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY.