Our charges to the airlines are in euros and I understand they have been reduced by about 30% already over the last year due to the pounds deflation.
Charges in euros have indeed been reduced but that is only a benefit for those airlines which trade in euros. For those whose majority income is in sterling the price is pretty much the same.
How come the huge majority of comments on Natsnet are from CTC - surely they should be so busy creating 'opportunities' for the rest of us they shouldn't have time to fart on about bloody photos and bloody award ceremonies. BTW Hope all you poor dears made it in through the huge snowdrifts
The majority of people working in CTC are hard working professional people who work longer hours than operational staff without the benefit of the routine regulatory breaks that operational staff enjoy. The clue to what most of them do is in the T part of CTC rather than the first C. If it pleases some of them to take a minute or two to contribute to a tired and worn in-joke that most of us never understood in the first place should it really bother anybody else ? Maybe it's a welcome break from the pressure that most of them are under. Oh and by the way most of them did get in apart from those relying on the inadequate public transport system which management still seem to think is an alternative to the car.
How many man hours go into producing website upon website with interminable guff and TLAs about 'vision', 'projects', 'purchase', 'customer', 'opportunities' etc..etc... I could go on and on. How many man hours go into 'Pulse' and how much does all that pish cost ? Does it contribute one iota to making my job as an ATCO any easier ? Does it ####.
I think most people in NATS cringe at most of that stuff whatever job they do.