Findo,
Why does everyone keep nattering on about New-ADN?
We needs an ADR routing east from NEW to the FIR boundary similar to the one that routes east from ADN to KLONN. That has nothing to do with traffic routing NEW ADN which has an airway available should the choose to use it.
In the absence of any evidence, we can all ignore the comments about EU funding.
You say that NATS will have to recover the lost revenue from somewhere an airlines should be worried.
Why?
The level of charges that NATS makes is set at European level and regulated by the CAA. NATS can only charge for the service it provides. Not providing a service in part of the Atlantic will not cost NATS more, it will be a saving due to either lower staff costs or more importantly, the ability to keep the same staff costs and utilise them in other areas where there is currently staff shortages.
ScOACC reguluarly runs out of capacity during peak times in the TMA causing us delay and costing us money. How about moving some controllers from the Ocean to Radar and using them in the TMA.
Not having NOTA is costing airlines money. We should have had it since the IAA comissioned the radar so why the delay?
As with most things, it seems that depite being aware for years that the IAA had the radar and the abilty to provide a better service, ScOACC stuck it's head in the sand. Very similar to privatisation.
If you guys worked hard to achieve the current privatised NATS (I note that your local MP voted in favour - obvously expressing your wishes) then you can not complain about reaping the rewards.
NATS is not the only private ATC provider in Europe. However, it is the only one which wants the benifits of privatisation with none of the risks.
The option to copy the IAA model was available and ignored. Too late to complain now.
Regards,
DFC