Congratulations Smoggie and others starting in March - and all the best of luck, and I hope those who feel unjustly judged etc learn a vital lesson before the sims start, and one which carries on throughout your trainee career... Whenever your mentor gives advise, criticism etc ACCEPT IT, the worst and sadly a very common thing trainees say to me is " I was just going to do that " or " it wasnt me " etc, excuse...
Its a busy world in ATC and the time isnt there to hold hands and mollycodle folk along. If you make a mistake just shut up, learn from it and most of all dont do it again.
We may seem harsh and/or abrupt but thats just the way things are and id love to be everyones friend but that aint my job and i only wanna work with able,motivated and receptive trainees as theyre gonna be my peers one day.
Take note and again the very best for march... youll love it!