Originally Posted by
pax britanica
ATC watcher , was the source the Daily Express as they blame the French for everything .
Having spent 40 plus years in telecoms we seem in that industry to have avoided catastrophes on thsi level but by and large are very focussed on avoiding any possible single source single mode failure that impacts a wide area . It would seem absurd that something on this scale could be triggered by an erroneous flight plan something that must happen a dozen times a day or more across Europe tjust through typos or errors. NATS has a complicated ownership structure but one must suspect the usual cheeseparing penny pinching UK management style has something to do with this having such serious impacts
PB
My thoughts also and I recall this being predicted when NATS was privatised. Ironically some airlines own part of it, so shot in own foot comes to mind.