Air traffic out of control
Who is to blame for the recent mayhem in the skies?
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While everyone involved has been keen to point the finger somewhere else, the truth is that the meltdown was an accident waiting to happen – a result of the chronic underfunding that besets every one of Britain’s privatised services.
There could be no more striking example of the fragility of current capitalist society than the complete balls-up that overtook British aviation on two days at the end of August, leaving over 1,850 flights cancelled over two days, thousands of passengers stranded, and incurring a likely bill topping £159m.
According to the hapless chief of the National Air Traffic Services (Nats), Martin Rolfe, the mayhem was all caused by just ...










