For those commenting on my original post; I can assure you that it was intended for the "unscrupulous" reading the forums immediately after the event!

I too was plugged in when it happened, after all. Luck for us we only use Lowther for SSR. Even then, it's not often that I get calls from aircraft in the Shap/DCS area, and our primary doesn't reach that far....

They would have blamed NERC...
 

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And if the press had published it, it would have been the fault of Swanwick as they would have finished the article something like...."NATS, whose £600m ATC Centre at Swanwick continues to have problems..." You just can't win with the press.

I would have thought the lessons of the LATCC power problems would have been learnt across the company.. Hey ho! I've just spotted another squadron of flying porkers....:mad: :mad: :mad:

Aunt Rimmer v Pheasant Plucker.........sounds like wedding bells in the near future.
I have to be invited though as I agree with the comments posted. It takes an ass to think all is ok with a total power failure. We worked hard just to get power back to be hastled by the budget because that put them behind!!!
We (ATC and Pilots) need to get together a little more for some understanding. I welcome pilots to Prestwick Centre for a visit and if any want to give Fam Flights to any warm climates, thats a good deal!
In all seriousness, we have to work together. We can do better and from experiance, if we at Atc are happy and fulfilled, naturally we work better. Think about that one.

Power outage believed caused by unauthoriesd switching off of the UPS by a contractor whilst batteries were isolated.

By the way, GM thanked watch management, did they not pass it on?

Ripped apart when you make a mistake............no personal touch when you get them out of the bog. Do you really think we are being treated like well respected staff, or the cheap help we get the feeling we are. One day management will figure it out that without us, they have no job either!
Just pay us what we are worth or at least come in, in person and thank us for a difficult situation dealt with as proffesionally as we could. Not through a Watch Manager. :eek:

DD wrote

I think they have been learnt. NERC may have its problems but power is not one of them.

No 2 Workstations on a Sector Suite run from the same Power Supply. Server pairs are powered from a different supply. Even if an UPS was to fail, the backup UPS would 'step-in' without interrupting the power.

I can't guarantee that Power will never fail totally but its the closest it can go

I believe NSC was going to have a similar system before it was cancelled.

Why not retrofit into LTCC/MACC/ScACC? I don't think it is physically possible while in Operational Service (too much kit has to be powered off to do the wiring)