eyeinthesky is quite correct I'm afraid. You have been subjected to the lies that are inherent whenever NATS Management talks to airlines about capacity.
We are GROSSLY short of staff within NATS and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future I'm afraid.
But at least the airlines are at last getting to know the truth, rather that what they have been told by NATS Management up until now.
That must be a bonus, surely !