I don't know whether anyone needs cheering up about the downturn in traffic, but the November figures from CRCO show a drop below the 2006 chargeable unit level (note that the NATS business plan is based on the 2008 forecast)!
Sorry about the layout - I haven't mastered tables.
______________2008________2008_______2007________2006
Month________Actual____Forecast_____Actual______Actual
January_____847,791____848,000_____809,012_____755,222
February____796,176____781,271_____745,409_____711,219
March_______883,698____893,728_____852,683_____815,448
April_______894,901____889,037_____848,254_____813,350
May_______1,000,043__1,015,682_____969,034_____930,439
June______1,037,769__1,028,366_____981,307_____936,613
July______1,057,834__1,109,075___1,058,196___1,002,247
August____1,053,242__1,085,350___1,035,402_____989,429
September___995,716__1,029,685_____982,556_____960,797
October_____948,894__1,007,898_____961,667_____928,974
November____762,647____861,784_____822,366_____787,718
December_______________857,829_____829,902_____794,154
TOTAL_______________11,407,705__10,895,789__10,425,611