passengers whose flights are cancelled as a direct result of NATS failure
Isn't it up to the Airline to cancel a flight or otherwise, not the Air Traffic Service? Don't most other airlines already make arrangements in those circumstances?
And what happens when french ATC go on strike? Will FR's proposed policy of recovering compensation for (ahem) passengers apply then? I would LOVE to see O'Leary (try to) get money out of the French government, or any other European ATS.
Or is this just the usual technically-illiterate effort to get in the newspapers and the short-term memory of the great unwashed? Shurely not...
Bunch of Arse(oles)