the latest rumour I've heard is that we should see Air traffic services restored at Cov by 1st February. Don't know what level of service this will be, but it's looking promising.
Whoever the new owners are will have to move fast then.
ATC was provided on contract by Marshalls, who are doing their best to keep people on where they can by putting them in at some of their other contracts even if it's on a short term basis.
To keep Cov' open, even if, as was ludicrously suggested, it was H24 5 days and AFIS Sat/Sun, would require the same number of fully rated ATCOs as they had prior to closure and those guys just won't be available.
There are more than enough jobs elsewhere to employ the majority, certainly those with all the ratings and no ATCO in their right mind would want to return to an airport where uncertainty reigns and will continue to do so.
isn't a phrase I'd use to describe the present or the future if Coventry are required to provide an ATC service.