THE boss of the UK’s air traffic control system has seen his pay double this year to £1.3million.
Martin Rolfe, 51, got a basic £477,000 boosted by a £281,000 annual bonus, pensions benefits and a backdated £555,000 long-term incentive plan.
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This is despite National Air Traffic Services admitting in its annual report to having to rely on “ageing systems” beyond their “use by” date.
It is working on a new network, but it could be years before it is fully operational.
Mr Rolfe, who has a £2million Hampshire home, joined NATS in 2012 and became CEO in 2015.
He hit the headlines last year when he got a £1.2million bonus despite NATS cutting costs as the industry battled back from the pandemic.
NATS said at the time that targets were being met.
Last night his wife Anna, a firefighter, insisted he was working around the clock to fix the chaos.
She said: “I haven’t seen him since yesterday. He went to work as soon as it happened.”
