300 hours overtime a year is commonplace
What a bloody joke. The Australian center frequencies are excruciatingly silent, occasionally busied with some totally unimportant jibberish of a confused controller. By god, these characters are a red stain on the meaning of well-oiled efficiency. In fact, they are about as useful as your local council worker rorting the innocent taxpayers.
impost on skilled controller numbers or the impending retirement wave / experience bubble.
Not an issue. I could teach any 12th grader to a more competent standard within 2 weeks.