please..
Hate to crash the big NAS love-in here... (especially all you 'new names' with 1 & 2 posts - do you think we are idiots?)
I do want to say this though, on behalf of the 200+ controllers who will be recruited and trained over the next few years to implement the final NAS stage endgame.... thank you!
The extra cost to industry for these controllers (positions which of course had been consolidated out over the last few years) will have to be funded, but dont worry - the RPT's will be paying for it while Dick is batting for the towel hats - so it is only the travelling public that will be effectively paying for it.
Maybe all you crap claims about protecting ATC jobs were correct - we just didnt realise you lot would be doing our bidding. At least we wont be hearing your voices anymore - after all you will be too busy seeing and avoiding and won't know the frequency anymore. If this is progress... good luck to all of us.