Movement Figures - The FACTS
 

There have been a few comments on these forums that despite all the doom and gloom, nothing feels markedly different on the shop floor in terms of traffic handled. Well, here are the NATS movement figures for you to draw your own conclusions. I have excluded weeks 37 and 38 - which cover sep 11th and the following week when traffic was still trying to return to normality.

Week 39 - 43 (23rd Sep - 28th Oct)

Not as significantly down as I would have expected from various "briefings" "Ahh BUT" I hear the protesters say, "the big schedule cuts didnt come in til the start of the winter timetable period....so to answer that, here are the figures for week 44 - the first full week of the winter period.

Week 44 (29th Oct - 4th Nov)

Again draw your own conclusion, but if you think it doesn't feel much quieter - it could be cos it ain't!
TAG/NATS... if you read this...please remember that ATC works on the number of aircraft NOT their size or numbers of passengers :-)

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[ 12 November 2001: Message edited by: The Truth, The Whole Truth.... ]

BAA figures released this morning make interesting reading. The planes seem to be flying, just not as full of passengers as they used to be. http://www.baa.co.uk/doc/e2d3786dbf1...d638_main.html

Although these figures support the fact that we are all working as hard as ever and the staff cutting exercise is an over-reaction to say the least, the bottom line for TAG is the drop in revenue. I thought I read somewhere that the 14% (TAG Quote) drop in Oceanic traffic represented 40% of NATS revenue.

I believe that NATs charges are done on a tonne/km basis. So a small drop in long haul traffic has a major effect on the revenues. Personally I'm surprised the drops are as little as they are.

On this subject, does anyone know if the USAF now pay route charges since privatisation??.

If 14% drop of oceanic traffic = 40% of nats revenue then 100% of oceanic traffic = 285% of NATS revenue. I think there may be a small error here. :D :D :D