Okay, we get the message... the rail disaster is a very good analogy of what could soon happen in Spanish airspace if working conditions don't improve, according to some controllers there.
We're all aware of the gross mis-management of AENA, the embargo on recruiting new staff, the gruelling shift hours and overtime, the draconian fines for not complying with procedures... but do any of these explain or justify the favouritism of certain (or all?) controllers, why domestic carriers are getting short cuts and the rest are not? Is the question too thorny to answer?
Does it depend on the personal attitude of each individual controller, whether he or she has a nationalist grudge against foreign airlines? Is there some secretive AENA rule in force, encourageing such favouritism? Do AENA corruptly receive some form of commission from domestic airlines for each short cut they get? Surely (I hope) the answer is no to all of these questions. But what then is the reason? There must be some incentive, some motive to explain this.
Come on, AENA controllers, lets address the very first question of this thread. Or do you also face a 250,000 Euro fine for revealing too much information on public forums?
