Anyone know what was going on with ATC on Sunday afternoon?
No weather at the airport all day. Sunday afternoon reduced traffic to begin with.
Notam goes out for 45 min traffic holding. People holding for 60mins, diversions, Min Fuel calls, departures held, all goes pear shaped.
Heard no explanation as to why such a shambolic situation occurred given that people were doing visual approaches most of the day.
Given airlines are paying for a service that performance was nowhere near acceptable.
The guys at the coalface do the best with what they have, but I suspect that more resources need to be spent on manpower and not building Ivory Towers.