While tempting to let the airport owners go bankrupt and then nationalise, UK plc will likely see pain if airport operating companies go bust. We need the national infrastructure to remain operational, or capable of being reactivated at very short notice. Letting *all* the fire crews and ATC bods receive P45s before HM Govt steps in is unlikely to end well. An ATC person is worth far more to the UK than a barman in a pub