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8th July 2008 | 18:12

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atcomarkingtime

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BBC Breakfast at Swanwick

Good to hear the BBC are taking Declan to Swanwick for his financial reports and a chat to Mr Baron.....loved the comment from "someone" on NATSNET asking if there will be a fight staged in the background like Granstand did for an April Fools joke years ago....and are the teletubbies going to be on display!!!!

(WEDNESDAY 0600-0915L)

8th July 2008 | 19:04

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ZOOKER

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BBC = Barron's Broadcasting Company!.... Bring on the swimming Hippos

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8th July 2008 | 19:46

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Del Prado

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Will 'Andrew' be there?

9th July 2008 | 10:24

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Will Andrew be there?

Why? Was Declan's jolly morning arranged as some kind of quid pro quo for Tom Symond's / Ian Shoesmith's reports of 20th March, do we think?

9th July 2008 | 11:00

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The Obvious Choice

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They're Fimbles !!

9th July 2008 | 11:12

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chevvron

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Strange how NATS co-operate with the BBC when in the past the BBC have refused to co-operate with NATS eg 'The Day Britain Stopped'- they refused to give NATS a preview in spite of its high ATC content.

9th July 2008 | 11:17

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Mr Red

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Becky, not stressfull eh, you can tell you do the West End!!

hahaha only joking!

Did Barron tell you what to say, was he stood behind the camera with a p45 in hand??

9th July 2008 | 11:41

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Barnaby the Bear

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Have NATS given up trying to recruit using Flight International?

Did the guy validate in the end?

9th July 2008 | 12:06

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Arkady

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Yes, he validated. Unusual stuff always seems to happen on boards, just to add to the pressure, but being live on National Television must be a first!

9th July 2008 | 12:18

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The Many Tentacles

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Good lad, nothing like a bit of extra pressure

9th July 2008 | 14:57

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We all had a chuckle. There were about six buckets carefully positioned to collect rainwater from the leaking roof, and of course the large broken glass roof panel doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

9th July 2008 | 15:03

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I noticed as I was walking to the canteen and Decky & co. were coming down the stairs, the buckets had been taken away. When I was returning, the buckets had been put back.

I wonder how many resources went into strategic bucket positioning in order to prevent the BBC from spotting them?

9th July 2008 | 17:05

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Homo Simpson

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NATS is all about spin!
How can we look good and say the right things while living in denial about massive problems that exist!

9th July 2008 | 17:31

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Hi Mr Simpson!

Are you saying that a few buckets are "massive problems"? I'd love to hear what other problems you think the company might have.

9th July 2008 | 17:42

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ZOOKER

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How about 'Peak Oil'?

9th July 2008 | 17:43

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Del Prado

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An acute shortage of correctly qualified staff?
Difficulty in maintaining a training/validation rate that will cover natural wastage let alone growth in traffic levels?
Over reliance on an overtime agreement that finishes in a few years?
Too many layers of management?

A cynical mind could see the holes in the roof as a metaphor for the problems NATS does face, maybe it's time to stop using buckets and start fixing the problems properly.