The move comes as major airlines are understood to have increased pressure for changes by adding their concerns about the new system to safety fears expressed by air traffic controllers and pilots.
It'd be interesting to know exactly HOW and WHERE the majors are suddenly applying this pressure. To date, they have steadfastly, publicly, supported NAS and Anderson. They have been afraid to get on the wrong side of the man for all sorts of strategic reasons. I've heard this first-hand.... Frankly, to have left it for the employees/unions to fight the battle is pretty disgraceful. The same can be said about Airservices management. It also puts the management chains in very uncomfortable positions in the event of an incident or worse.... i.e. if you know something is wrong then you have a DUTY OF CARE to speak up or you could be considered to be partly responsible.
Now the "airlines" (ie management) are sensing it's politically savvy to apply the screws to NAS? Sheesh.... thanks for your timely support!
