gul dukat.
Couldn't agree more but the nasties are happening to people regularly. I realise you're thinking of 'The Big one' but everybody who has an incident is pretty deeply affected by it and they're than left with a lot of questions about themselves that only they can answer. Another of the etceteras from my previous post is morale and you hit the nail on the head when you say the job is not fun any more. Look at all the posts from LATCC! And they're not the only ones by any means. People I work with who used to love the job just want to go home or retire. It's a sad business and this all leads to enhanced fatigue..just being plain fed up. It's not an insoluble problem but Management just don't seem to get it, be it NATS or whoever! WE are their best resource it's no good paying lip service to pointless programmes like 'Investors in people' etc. The evidence is out there if they take the time to look, I won't be holding my breath!