Originally Posted by
missy
The AFR article gets close to discussing short staffing as the root cause. A more thorough probe would be asking who/why was the short staffing initiated, what are the fatigue related risks with staff working massive amounts of overtime, and why the recruitment of ATCs is stop/start. Management decisions to rely on 457 Visas also play a part in this ATC shortage.
In a conversation recently it was suggested that ASA are having a great deal of difficulty getting suitable applicants for ATC positions either through general disinterest or unsuitability for the position.
Would this seem a generalised summary of the problem ASA are having in trying to alleviate the ATC shortage Missy? (Not that I'm suggesting that's a reasonable excuse for ATC shortages)