Maybe one day though, when we're up and running with Mode S and datalinks.
Come on, Warped Factor. You don't need datalinks and Mode S to get information from
controller to controller. To transfer information between sector controller, often in the same room, you currently seem to rely on verbal transmission over a VHF comms link using the already overloaded customer as an agent. It shouldn't be beyond the scope of an A-level IT project to arrange the necessary networking and software to keep a few dozen controllers on the same page.
At the same time you are expecting each of your customers to spend tens of thousands of pounds equipping with Mode S. Perhaps NATS could save a bit on Cat 5 cabling by using up some Mode S extended squitter bandwidth and bouncing your email off your customers' equipment too?
