As someone who has worked on several of the recent days of bad weather I can testify to the hard work that has gone on to ensure that we continue to provide the service that UK ATC is renowned for. It is a sad fact that this hard work will continue to be ignored by the former ATC provider known as NATS. Instead of acknowledging the hard work and excellent service of all operational staff we will instead be fed the same drivel day after day, focusing on corporate NATS, a company where the core staff are now no longer valued and in many cases disliked. We only need to look at the recent NATSNET threads on fam flights and customer awareness to see what corporate NATS thinks of us. I would love to invite Mr Barron, Mr Mills and all his cronies and followers in various departments to come into the ops rooms when the weather is crap, or watch replays and realise what it is this company should be about, what it used to be about and what it will always be about for those of us who care about the job we do.
Good work everyone.