Arran's view said
There was no litigation and the cancellation costs are part of the project costs when it is completed
Perhaps you should read the NATS anual reports.
Here is what the NATS Annual report says;
"
In 2002, exceptional charges of
£84.3m arose from the strategic decision to
defer the development of the New Scottish
Centre following PPP and the impairment of
work performed at that date as well as staff
redundancy and litigation costs."
Here is another quote;
"NATS still faces many challenges as we have
set ourselves a target to deliver more than
£200 million of cost savings by the end of
2005. This target is £30 million higher than the
target set under the Financial Restructuring."
So you can see that job losses are on the cards no matter what changes are made unless you can find the savings elsewhere.
And here is another;
"Exceptional costs fell by £12m due to the prior year's
costs including the settlement of a contract dispute
associated with the flight data processing system."
That refers to the OACC system.
Seems like NATS spends lots of money on disputes with contractors.
I think that every airline would prefer to see it's enroute charges being used to provide decent services - not to pay for lawyers and litigation in contract disputes.
Now where was it that opened a new centre on time and on budget? Perhaps they are the ones who can provide the service without risk of more wasted money?
Regards
DFC
PS - Balix, days off now followed by standby. Don't prune while away - too busy drinking
