Is Martin Rolfe still chief executive of Nats on 10 October 2026?

In all seven comparable failures since 2014 the operator's chief executive or administrator was still in post 30 days later. The nearest thing to an exception is Nats itself: Richard Deakin faced calls from MPs to resign or forfeit his bonus after the December 2014 Swanwick failure, and left by mutual consent on 18 May 2015, five months later and well outside the window (Guardian, 18 May 2015). The American case ran to a similar rhythm. Billy Nolen was still acting FAA administrator when the agency blamed a contractor on 20 January 2023, and said he would leave on 21 April, 100 days after the outage (New York Times, 21 Apr 2023). Departure follows these failures, when it follows at all, on the timetable of a review rather than of a news cycle.