Mods please don't shift this to "ATC issues" as this affects all pilots flying through spanish airspace.
Any of you who have been flying through Spanish airspace this last week may well have noticed that you are being denied short cuts either without explaination or (if challenged) by lame and unpalpable excuses.
It seems AENA have made moves towards selling off the ATC service and the controllers are now in fear of their cushy packages. Their chosen "action" is to deny all aircraft short cuts forcing us all to fly the flight planned route.
Now, I don't have any major issues with trying to take some control over your destiny but in this particular case do they really think AENA will change their decision as a result of this response? AENA aren't suffering (except as dwellers on this deteriorating planet of ours) and the only direct "victims" of this action are the Airlines who are having to pay more now for fuel. How is that going to help their cause?
Finally there is the cost to the environment and the waste of our ever depleting supply of oil............
If you're reading this you Numpties "Sort yourselves out!"
