Originally Posted by
mike current
It would appear on this forum that the people most bothered about this "shortage" are those retired and no longer in the job.
They seem to be the same ones bothered about changes and advances in technology and procedures.
Meanwhile ATCOs are moving more traffic than ever, with less staff than before and just as safely (if not more).
Things never stay the same, in any profession. Some German cars are no longer made in Germany. Nottingham Forest used to win European cups...
Nope.
The most people bothered about an ATCO shortage are the current ones as we have to deal with ever increasing traffic levels and ever decreasing staff numbers.
Caused by reducing the retention and recruitment of new ATCOs because technology that should allow us to reduce them either proves to require the same or more staff or is years behind in development. The procedures that we are against are in response to the lack of numbers and thought up by management to cover up for their short sightedness years ago.