It is going. NATS said to BAA that they could provide a met service for a lot less money than the Met Office charge.
I wonder if anyone actually mentioned to the BAA (and the airlines) that it won't be the same level of service?
No offence to my ATSA colleagues, but even if they were sent on a full Met Observer course (which is not going to be the case at the moment), having a dedicated Met Office with it's associated weather radars, link to the main Met Office at Exeter etc has got to be a higher quality service than what is being offered by NATS.
We don't even have a weather radar!