Originally Posted by
Toruk Macto
Human factors and may not be relevant here . In some countries there are ex military captains who where very high ranking officers while in the military, they still have many connections . The ATC officer might be a military employee . ATC can be very weary of being to forthright over the radio as a bit worried what might come back at them .
That looks like a human factor to me, but perhaps my context is askew?