Originally Posted by
Dct_Mopas
Confirmed as a shortage of ATC staff by Gatwick airport twitter. Apparently short notice staff absence.
To have no spare/ standby/ slack for one controller going sick is really poor. Massively understaffed at LGW - you’d like to think the CAA would get involved.
What exactly could the CAA do to all the shortage problem? There is no magic solution. It requires good quality trainees in adequate numbers -but not too many many that there aren’t enough training seats! And still it takes many months to validate them.