Flight chaos set to last for days after air traffic control 'issue' wreaks havoc across nation

Airport chaos: Flight turmoil set to last for days after air traffic control 'issue' wreaks havoc across nation

https://www.gbnews.com/

Is it the Russkies, Israelis, or Trump?

1 minute ago, impulse said:

Is it the Russkies, Israelis, or Trump?

Government incompetence more likely IMHO.

Just now, BritManToo said:

Government incompetence more likely IMHO.

I was going to add the DEI option, but that would be racist.

I'm also open to the possibility that it's down to climate change.

Edited Wednesday at 02:26 AM3 days by impulse

1 minute ago, impulse said:

I was going to add the DEI option, but that would be racist.

Or sexist, but planes don't need to drive in reverse all that often.

2 minutes ago, impulse said:

I was going to add the DEI option, but that would be racist.

And boring. And irrelevant. And nonsensical. And pathetic.,

1 minute ago, josephbloggs said:

And boring. And irrelevant. And nonsensical. And pathetic.,

You have a nice day, too.

8 minutes ago, impulse said:

Flight chaos set to last for days after air traffic control 'issue' wreaks havoc across nation

Airport chaos: Flight turmoil set to last for days after air traffic control 'issue' wreaks havoc across nation

https://www.gbnews.com/

Is it the Russkies, Israelis, or Trump?

Good point!

We already know the answer.

Everything is Trump’s fault.

6 minutes ago, impulse said:

I was going to add the DEI option, but that would be racist.

I'm also open to the possibility that it's down to climate change.

“that would be racist.”

Never be ashamed of your race.

6 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

And boring. And irrelevant. And nonsensical. And pathetic.,

Are you having a bad day? I certainly hope things improve throughout the day.

9 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Or sexist, but planes don't need to drive in reverse all that often.

12 minutes ago, impulse said:

I was going to add the DEI option, but that would be racist.

I'm also open to the possibility that it's down to climate change.

It’s only racist if no one offers a cookie.

5 minutes ago, HolmesEquivelant said:

Are you having a bad day? I certainly hope things improve throughout the day.

They just did.

7 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

They just did.

Thank you. I won the banter.

It pays to be winner.

4 minutes ago, HolmesEquivelant said:

Thank you. I won the banter.

It pays to be winner.

I like the way it took him 4 tries.

23 minutes ago, HolmesEquivelant said:

Are you having a bad day? I certainly hope things improve throughout the day.

I'm not sure lefties have any good days.

38 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Government incompetence more likely IMHO.

Their CEO is a total idiot. He got rid of nearly all the experienced engineers and this is what happens. Him getting fired isn’t enough, he needs to be held personally accountable by every person who has been affected by this abject failure. And it’s not the first time.

The technical reason for this issue is different to the one in August 2023, but the underlying reason is 100% the same; a total flockwit of a CEO.

Governments have changed, but Rolfe remains. I doubt he’ll resign, he won’t want to take his snout out of the trough.

15 minutes ago, Watawattana said:

Him getting fired isn’t enough, he needs to be held personally accountable by every person who has been affected by this abject failure. And it’s not the first time.

All kidding aside, can NATS be sued for damages?

1 hour ago, impulse said:

I like the way it took him 4 tries.

Eh? There are four posts.

"Most people boarding a flight this summer won’t give a moment’s thought to who owns the air traffic control service supporting their journey. Quite right too. What matters is that it works, that traffic moves safely, delays are kept to a minimum and the network can cope with some of the busiest, most complex airspace in the world" (Martin Rolfe, CEO NATS, July 2026)

These words might come back to haunt him.

4 hours ago, impulse said:

Flight chaos set to last for days after air traffic control 'issue' wreaks havoc across nation

Airport chaos: Flight turmoil set to last for days after air traffic control 'issue' wreaks havoc across nation

https://www.gbnews.com/

Is it the Russkies, Israelis, or Trump?

My money is on those small boats people ......suspicious that they landed in Portsmouth last night and suddenly we have ATC in chaos.

2 minutes ago, MIke B Bad said:

My money is on those small boats people ......suspicious that they landed in Portsmouth last night and suddenly we have ATC in chaos.

Probably used their free IPhones and mad engineering skills.

it was due to a large drone ,unidentified

30 minutes ago, 3NUMBAS said:

it was due to a large drone ,unidentified

Is that for real, or is that like "Mikey died from eating too many pop rocks?"

You'll get that one if you're a Yank of a certain age.

1 hour ago, 3NUMBAS said:

it was due to a large drone ,unidentified

We have a few large drones on here. I wonder which one it was?

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/drone-spotted-ireland-nats-outage-37641727

Pilots flying from Cornwall to Dublin say they saw an unknown drone flying over the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow, at 5:20pm on Tuesday, the Irish Times reported. The drone was flying at 6,000ft (1,828m) and was about 1.62nmi (3km) to the left of the Aer Lingus jet, according to air traffic control transmissions.

Probably Israel getting their revenge for the sanctioning of evil settlers and trying to destabilise the UK.