there were significant delays to Compton departures (not of Luton's making) yesterday due to parachute dropping
Absolutely nuts! If Network Rail was forced by the Strategic Rail Authority to adopt the same crazy logic that the CAA forces onto NATS, then every owner of a private train would be entitled to run it over the national railway network whenever they wanted to. So the 0705 from Newcastle to Kings Cross, the 1412 from Bristol to Birmingham or the 1210 from Euston to Manchester could all be delayed for up to a quarter-of-an-hour whilst a private train ran over the same lines and so was in confliction.
What a way to run a business, what a way to run a Country!!!
