Originally Posted by
Traffic_Is_Er_Was
When they cannot do it themselves, or when they don't do it themselves? There were six other aircraft operating at MNG at that time. None of them hit each other. There's been IFR training over MNG for decades, and many other places, both before and after ATC became 'responsible' for the airspace. Their staffing levels had nothing to do with it.
I took it more in the context of
Failure to operate a world's best practice ATS system
Is AsA ATC the best we can or could be? No. But it requires a change in mindset to service excellence rather than trying to provide the cheapest service possible. Operational experience has been stripped from AsA, Operational support has been stripped from AsA, Safety support has been stripped from AsA, all under the stewardship of the current CEO, who was an air traffic controller.
And meanwhile, more airspace with Operational Restrictions.