Yup well said and well written DK, and I thankfully avoided being the SATCO's PA. Why? because when they restructured the trade the majority of PFOM's worked from the tower. Being a mere FOM I thankfully therefore was in Ops.
The training at Shawbs constantly amazed me to, as you say very little about Ops.
The best I heard was SNCO controllers should not complete TMT because and I quote "It was not relevant"
Says it all really.
Don't even get me started on the Ops Officer, were not trained on what TG9 assistants do because we dont need to know saga!!