Britain’s air traffic control chief was clinging to his job last night after the Prime Minister refused to back him over a second technical meltdown in two weeks.
Thousands of passengers were left stranded after hundreds of flights were grounded due to a ‘connectivity issue’ at the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) offices in Prestwick, Scotland.
Chief executive Martin Rolfe, who was already facing calls to quit after a computer error saw 2,000 flights cancelled 13 days ago, was under intense pressure yesterday as airlines said they had had enough.
Unlike the last glitch at NATS, which is 49 per cent owned by
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