Interesting debate. Lots to say but to keep it readable I'll split it into chunks.
Anyone who wants to know how unsafe holding stacks are need only look at the list of Airprox. Each digest contains class A horror stories. Just leaving / arriving / jumping the stack / complex co-ordination - they are all there.
Zones ( or Mr Wigmore to those of outside the CAA press office )....
You say that we are off to dominate the commercial world of ATC for the greater glory of UK plc. (sounds remarkably like the old Chattaway line). You also say that CANT happen unless we are privatised. At the same time our managers are saying we will do this with alliances with other major ATC companies like DFS.
How do you explain the fact that DFS, Airways Corp,Transport Canada are all in on these acts already and NONE of these are privatised companies ? None of these companies have shares traded on the stock market or available for purchase from the Government.