Originally Posted by
RAT 5
A few decades ago, at LHR during an ATC assistants' strike, if the story is truthful, a sheik's private jet was delayed for a long time due ATC. His response was to ask how much LHR ATC cost to buy.
Today, with the oil price slightly depressed, this might not be so ready a solution. Still, it would amuse me if a group of sheik clad business passengers was asked to deplane and then they offered to buy the airline.