So when he joined morale was at an all time low and the company was run shoddily, eh?
He (according to the article) states that NATS was in a terrible state and that it will change, the inference I picked up (amongst others) is that we ran an unsafe operation.
Is there any wonder morale is low when management come out with this type of drivel?
The safety record is continually improving, with the traffic figures rising and delays dropping - what more can us mere mortals at the coalface do?
How can he say that he will eliminate ALL safety issues in the future? How can you say that when at the end of the day, human factors come in to play - all it takes is to forget an A/C or get distracted for a few seconds and you have a 'situation' which although not life threatening, would count as a safety issue. Does he REALLY understand the business he is in?
Performance related pay - is that not what banding is then?? And bonuses for traffic managers; would we end up in a situation where more traffic was foisted on us to increase someone elses salary?
Barron claims that the management used to be invisible and unresponsive - if this is his idea of reversing the management exposure, surely he should wait until he has something worthwhile and sensible to say.
Also, O'Leary reckons we are p***ing taxpayers money into the wind?? Does he want us to run our business in the manner that he does?? Does he even know what goes on at a busy ATC unit?? Does he realise that if we operated like his company, there would be a hell of a lot more delays in the long run due to the massive increase in safety issues.
When are we going to get supportive management who knows the ATC industry?
I appreciate that the report may have the writers spin put on it, but if so, why does NATS not come out and clarify exactly what was meant by any statements attributed to NATS staff?