Originally Posted by
Gonzo
To be fair, I think NATS has been pretty fiscally responsible over the years (and you can see what the airlines thought of this fact during the RP2 and RP3 consultations) and this has meant it has weathered the crisis so far very well. Just compare it to any other aviation organisation and how their employees are getting on.
Maybe they have been and I agree, they have done better than their airline counterparts to date - however I believe the pain has yet to come for ATC in general, not just NATS. All I can go on is some of the wasteful practises I have seen and been totally surprised at. My experience is in airports and not the centres so again perhaps different approaches. The only point I would make is why did NATS have to introduce the Solutions model if the real NATS model was efficient and cost effective?
The title of this thread is
The Last of NATS VR
The real tragedy in all of this is when/if there will be a thread titled
The First of NATS CR