How ‘old digital’ fuelled air traffic control chaos

<p>Britain’s air traffic control data meltdown has left thousands of Britons marooned in foreign airports.</p><p>It’s forced the relatively lucky ones to pay for hotel rooms, while other passengers bed down on floors in terminals - with many running low on prescription medication.</p><p>Nats (National Air Traffic Control Services) blames a vague “technical glitch” caused by a rogue flight plan.</p><p>But was this catastrophic IT failure linked to Nats' ageing digital infrastructure?</p><p>The Leader podcast’s joined by Evening Standard business editor Jonathan Prynn and travel consultant Paul Charles, who’s CEO of Mayfair-based The PC Agency, and was formerly Virgin’s Atlantic’s communications director.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>