Like 30W I am a pilot who flies out of various London are airports, depending on where my boss wants me (corporate jet) in the last few days myself and a colleague heard of a scheme to allow non-valid controllers to vector on sectors close to their airspace due to staff shortages. I doubt this can be accurate, but it worries me sick. Is there something the pilots should know? Is our safety about to be compromised due to the p££s poor planning of NATS HR and the parsimony of the large carriers who own a chunk of NATS? I'm used to controllers giving me bad news, usually with a smile and a delay, If you don't want to be seen on here feel free to PM me.
VH