a reader posted a message on the story saying the airline could not get the ATC slots for the flights because it does not have enough staff available to man the planes having made lots of cuts over the winter.
Your reader,
(pictured), clearly doesn't know what an ATC slot is or how it occurs.
An ATC slot is produced via the CFMU, (thats a big computer in Belgium, but thats not important at the moment,) as a function of airspace capacity. Naff all to do with airline staffing. However,
if easyJet are understaffed, they will in fact get
less ATC slots. Somewhat surprised your reader couldn't work that one out ...