Dvdr,
That is a scurrilous insinuation towards your colleagues. What evidence do you have that the sickness rate is worse at Swanwick than at any other unit? All units will, at some time, have to close sectors-that is just a consequence of how many staff are available-maybe that is just a situation that exists at Swanwick-if so ask yourself why?
The whingeing that went on was because for 6 years people put their lives on hold-often causing them to lose out"big time" financially whilst NATS tried to get the system up and running. Some spent years commuting up to 80 miles each way and others delayed house moves that they would otherwise have made and lost out in a rising market.
The moving of sectors is purely to help the customers due to this system requiring more staff than we ever had.
As for the kit -well what can I say -it is better than it was but by no means perfect. It has taken a while for people to get used to it but we are getting better.
Staff have been through a lot down here but let's hope that NATS learn from it and help to mitigate problems that people will face when they moved from MACC to Prestwick-doubt it though.
Last edited by 250 kts; 11th Feb 2004 at 04:16.