Brakedwell
Point is that the whole brewhaha is being presented as if it is mainly occuring in the UK, whereas according to US blogs, exactly the same is happening over there.
I had not read that anywhere, had you ?
Interestingly, the majority of thursday flight arrivals in my location (thursday being the busiest of the week) arrived on time, early or no more than 30 mins late. The media, IMHO have wittingly or unwittingly warped this whole story.