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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Amelia Neath

Ryanair boss demands ‘overpaid, failing’ air traffic chief be sacked after UK airport crisis

The Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary accused Nats CEO Martin Rolfe of being ‘incompetent’ - (Reuters)

Ryanair’s CEO has called on the transport secretary to sack “overpaid, failing” Nats CEO Martin Rolfe following days of flight chaos caused by an air traffic control issue.

Michael O’Leary, the boss at Europe’s largest airline, has called upon transport secretary Heidi Alexander to “dismiss Martin Rolfe and put someone competent to run National Air Traffic Services (Nats) air traffic control services” in a new video posted to YouTube.

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