While I can empathise with the controllers position, I feel that disrupting the traffic flow, having stranded pax on the front page of every newspaper in the country will amount to a
PR disaster. The pax don't care about the merrits of the case, just that they were delayed. Additionally, struggling airlines such as Hazoz and kendall really can't afford ANY disruptions to their operations. They are on a knife edge as it is.
How about taking a page out of the Police disputes book, and get ASA where it hurts most, their revenie stream. The Police gave cautions instead of fines. The state government was quick to take notice.
I don't know how the major towers operate, I guess for charging purposes the paperwork form the towers/centres etc
is sent daily to the accounts dept in ASA, how about holding/destroying, or whatever the paperwork, the airlines won;t get billed, ASA loses a squillion each day. Airlines operate as normal....infact make a bit extra, pax are happy.
Everybody wins.
ASA will very quickly get the message.