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Air traffic control boss says he was ‘most disliked person in the UK’ after flight chaos

Nats chief says he ‘quite enjoyed’ ignoring calls from Ryanair CEO to quit over system outages in September

The Guardian - UK · 14h ago

Ryanair reveals 1,000 flights cancelled last month amid UK air traffic chaos

The carrier flagged disruption from two air traffic control issues last month, as well as ATC strikes in Belgium and Mount Etna eruptions.

The Independent UK · Oct 2

Transport secretary to meet Nats chair amid calls for air traffic boss to quit

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The Independent UK · Sep 23

Why multiple airline bosses are calling for Nats chief to resign

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The Independent UK · Sep 21

Air traffic control boss faces fresh calls to quit after second day of major flight disruption

Monday’s flight disruption was the fourth incident caused by problems at National Air Traffic Services in under four years, as chief executive Martin Rolfe comes under increased pressure to quit

The Independent UK · Sep 21

Bride-to-be faces anxious wait for dream Las Vegas wedding after flight cancelled in air traffic control chaos

Barbara Ann Stoddart and Andrew Lithgow now face an agonizing wait to see if their dream wedding will go ahead after National Air Traffic Services (Nats) was hit by an air traffic control (ATC) issue

The Independent UK · Sep 21

More flight disruption in UK after second air traffic control glitch this month

Irish budget carrier Ryanair has called on NATS CEO Martin Rolfe to resign following the latest issue, which has impacted flights across the UK and Ireland.

Euronews · Sep 21

Air traffic control provider comes under fire after second issue in two weeks

Airlines expressed their dismay and anger at ‘yet another’ incident and Ryanair repeated its calls for Nats chief executive Martin Rolfe to resign.

The Independent UK · Sep 21

Flight disruption ‘not caused by any incorrect actions’ – report

A preliminary report into the incident on September 8 was published by the National Air Traffic Services on Friday.

Evening Standard · Sep 18

Flight chaos for hundreds of thousands was caused in ‘millisecond’ by software error

Error first occurred at 10am but major incident was not declared until 12.30pm, says report

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18