UK Air Traffic Control equipment failure is causing widespread and serious delays to passengers across the UK
The TLPD (traffic load prediction device) was broken this morning. It allows us to predict the numbers of aircraft that are planned to enter the sector in 15 min blocks. When its broken, regs have to be applied so that we don't get overloaded and provide an unsafe service because we are too busy.
Last week, over 13,000 Ryanair passengers and 87 Ryanair flights were delayed by UK Air Traffic Control (NATS)
Out of how many? Rather more than that i'd wager. And if you didn't try to make them all take off and land at the same time then it would be less.
by forcing NATS to deliver a decent service
we do already
“Ryanair trains over 400 Boeing 737-800 next generation pilots every year for deployment across Europe. Meanwhile the NATS monopoly fails to produce even the small number of Air Traffic Controllers required each year in the UK causing continuing delays to millions of passengers year after year.
Yes maybe, but you don't train them from scratch, you do type conversions which take alot less time than the two years min to train an area ATCO from the beginning.
Do your aircraft never break? No. Do you always run on time? No. Do you file levels to beat regs and then request higher levels? Yes. Do you get given them? Yes most of the time because we try to provide a high level of "customer service".
I really pity Ryanair employees when i hear what drivel their management comes out with.