Originally Posted by
AEST
One of the curious things about any company is that the owners make decisions, and the major owner make the most important decisions.
The NATS board gave free rein to the previous CEO and the new incumbent has the same freedom.
.... and closing the airspace or eventually opening it up again :ugh.
Sigh, as I have explained several times in this thread it is
NOT NATS decision just as it is not any of the other ANSPs in Europes decision. It is a government decision, the ANSPs, as the name suggests, are Service Providers and operate within the licence and regulations laid down by governments etc.
BD