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Striking controllers demonstrate the scourge of sovereignty

Written by Aviation Advocacy on . Posted in Air traffic management, Airlines

Subtlety is not Ryanair’s strongpoint. Its business has grown on the back of in-your-face advertising campaigns and a CEO not afraid to steal the limelight. Ryanair is essentially the bad boy of European aviation. The cool kid with the devil-may-care attitude, who everyone admires but no one has the guts to be. Ryanair’s current headline-grabbing campaign is an online petition for, first, the removal of air traffic controllers’ right to strike and, second, to allow other European controllers to manage flights over French airspace during any strikes. Frustrated passengers, whose holiday plans have been scuppered by striking French or Belgian air traffic controllers, are being encouraged to sign up. Once the petition reaches one million signatories, Ryanair will personally deliver it to the European Commission. Is this anything more than another Ryanair publicity stunt?

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