Originally Posted by
brianj
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.
Er, stop NATS firing all 127 of its trainees during Covid (some were two weeks away from qualifying)? It's not as if this isn't a recurring problem for NATS, that they should have got on top of by now, and having taken a £1.5bn loan the 'speadsheet' argument is mute - this was straight mismanagement, hence: 'https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/ryanair-calls-for-resignation-of-nats-chief-after-latest-gatwick-flight-disruption' (the 7-figure bonus won't have helped)!