Roffa is correct. Through PPP the NATS is the most exposed of the European ANSPs.
The aim of SES, as well as reducing the number of ANSPs throughout Europe, is to remove national boundaries and resectorise airspace to make it more efficient. There is no reason why some/all of UK airspace cannot be covered by a centre outside the UK, nor any reason why it will be UK ATCOs who control the sectors.
This is not a matter of if, but just a case of when. SES has it's own momentum and the largest FAB now sits just next to the UK (FABEC). Anyone who thinks SES is not a threat to Area ATCOs is fooling themselves. Just because an ATCO works in area doesn't make their job any more secure than the ATCO who works in a tower.
We let PPP creep in without realising the full implications, which are now coming back to haunt us, and SES is the elephant in the corner that we are ignoring. I just hope we wake up before it is too late to be able to do something about it!
