Crossunder and others :
Stop mixing apples and pears.
Controllers and pilot job are two totally different things . If the two were identical, we would have the same pay structure and the ATC job would have been long automated ..
Moving base/ aircraft type is part of the pilot carreer. You know it beforehand. The controller contracts / carreers are different ( or were different, see the the new DFS contracts .
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As a Controller you have to be 100 % thinking of what you are doing, a 100 % of the time you are sitting at the position.
Serious problems , whether home related or work induced will affect your concentration .
If you are so upset, you should be bold enough to say so and ask to be relieved .
If everyone is upset, obvious safety solution is to close down sectors for a while until things are settled.
Better have guys complaining on the ground to be late than answering the famillies of the missing on the phone....
What the guys did in Oslo is bold, but it should be like this.
For the employer to challenge this in court will be interesting to watch....