TP just trying to explain things from our point of view, ya don't want to listen then fine no skin off my nose. ANSA is right we aren't all perfect but we are trying to make the best of a bad situation, one that gets worse all the time. Understanding each others problems can only help things, surely.
At the moment controllers in the UAE live in a culture of fear, incident investigation has all been about apportioning blame and using retraining as a punishment. This means controlling becomes more conservative and inexpeditious, which means even more delays. With recent new appointments this has a chance of changing but it will not happen over night, until it does expect no real improvements.
As for flow, we need it like yesterday but no matter who brings it up we never get anywhere. Our present method is laughable and it is only because of the staff at Dubai & the ACC that we have made it work for so long. The written procedures now no longer reflect what happens in practice so it needs changing, this won't happen until we have more staff. Disco Fever is sadly mistaken, money is a problem, the package for controllers is not enough any more to attract people out here to stay. So we are always running short staffed.
Unless things change more controllers are going to vote with their feet, I'm not the only one who already has.
FT