Chief air traffic controller accuses his bosses of threats because he blew whistle on Gibraltar risks

SEVILLA (Agencies/Image: bigariato2.blogspot.com, illustration only) A court in Seville recently agreed to investigate five top management staff at AENA, the national airport authority, for "threats and abuse " against the chief supervisor of the Southern Air Traffic Control section, Juna Carlos Fontecha. Fontecha alleges that the situation began in January 2010 when he decided to denounce "the dangers involved in flying in and around Gibraltar, sitation which was made worse by the new helicopter service flying from Algeciras." Physical threats and abuse also involved his wife, also an air traffic controller. The matter resulted in Fontecha receiving three very serious  written warnings from AENA. However, having heard the testimony of the five bosses, the court decided yesterday to absolve them all.