Originally Posted by
NCLBDA
ATC shortages exist due to not paying market rate.
Airports make huge EBITDA profits to ultimately feed their shareholders and capital providers. Passengers then suffer both by paying the price and having a shocking service.
The councils that part-own NCL airport have been asleep at the wheel and hence ended up with that bonus debacle and current efforts to sell the airport base to generate further PE returns.
Though I am not privy to how it works in the UK, but I suspect it is a lot like here in Canada where ATC is managed by NAV Canada or FAA in the US. I suspect ATC is managed by the UK equivalent and not individual airports.