Originally Posted by
Nimmer
I think NATS may have let too many controllers go on VR!! When the numbers were announced a few of us mentioned that we may struggle this summer, off course what do we know!! It's not even summer traffic levels yet, watch this space!,
More likely NATS miscalculated the number opting to stay with the 'new' ANSPs at Birmingham, Gatwick and Edinburgh.
NATS HR Dept always seem to operate in cloud-cuckoo land, assuming the offers they make to existing staff to be irresistible.
Both myself and talkdownman have personal experience of this.