Well, as for Richard's letter:
1) Delays due to staff shortages at NERC are greater than they would have been had we stayed at LATCC . This is because NERC requires more people to run it. Staff shortages will continue to get worse for the foreseeable future. Anybody who tells you different is lying or is ill informed.
A far better option would have been to to stay at LATCC until:
a) we had surplus of staff
AND
b) NERC's obvious failings (Font sizes, refresh rate, SIS, RT, Headsets etc etc etc) were fixed TO THE OPERATIONAL STAFF's liking.
2) The SIS displays are still in the WRONG place (HSE report) and there are NO plans to move them. NATS are merely looking at the "feasability" of moving them, or some other weasel words.
Next up PROSPECT.
I've no idea what they are up to in my name, but if they are indeed going to start agigitating for a rise in the en-route fees I will be very annoyed. I will also say so. If you actually read the full CAA ERG response to NATS application you will see that NATS ain't so hard up. I do not want PROSPECT bailing out NATS in any shape or form. The ONLY way to go is re-nationalisation OR administration ala Railtrack. PPP has now been proven to be crappy idea. Give it up.
rgds BEX