The chaos that occurred on Friday and into today when the ATC computers went down reminds me of a recording (LP record for the older forum members) of David Gunson in the early eighties that I have, entitled "What Goes Up Might Come Down!" He was an ex ATC and worked at Birmingham Airport. The LP is a recording of the talk he gave in March 1981 and part of it mentioned the time when the ATC went down throwing them into a panic- he mentions that a cleaner was in the room and had removed a plug !!!. Looking at the twitter feeds on FR24 last night there was a cartoon of that scenario.
On a more serious note, I wonder why Governments and other bodies are pressing for a new airport in the South of England with the high density of flights passing over and into the 4 main airports instead of looking further North ( I am a Northerner and prefer Manchester or Liverpool to depart from).
On a more serious note, I wonder why Governments and other bodies are pressing for a new airport in the South of England with the high density of flights passing over and into the 4 main airports instead of looking further North ( I am a Northerner and prefer Manchester or Liverpool to depart from).
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