London Mil, thank you for your reply.
So I understand correctly that NATS is owned by private organisations by more than 50%?
What I find interesting is a statement in
this video by Loyola de Palacio, European Commissioner for Energy and Transport.
At 4:57 into the video, she states that neither she nor the project are seeking to privatise ATC systems (implying that this is not necessary for SES to work).
I haven't yet found the actual text of the SES legislation (especially since the EU pages seem to be full of server errors
), but this
seems to contravene your interpretation.
Since the German ATC union's view also contravenes yours, note that I sent them a mail inquiring about this specific aspect of the privatisation discussion.
Should I get a reply, I'll post their insights here.
Still I am interested in other views from people here, of course.
Regards,
Robert