Ryanair, UK’s No.1 airline, recently called for NATS CEO, Martin Rolfe, to step aside as thousands of passengers travelling to/from London Stansted Airport on Saturday (15 Feb) suffered unnecessary delays of up to 2hrs due to NATS ATC staff shortages.

It is completely unacceptable that passengers – many of whom are families heading away for the half-term break – are suffering unnecessary delays (up to 2hrs) due to NATS failure to provide adequate staff levels to manage traffic in/out of Stansted Airport on one of the busiest weekends of the year for travel.

Saturday’s disruptions further demonstrate that overpaid NATS CEO, Martin Rolfe, is not up to the job and should step aside and let someone competent take over.