NewModelATC
The whole premise of this thread is based on a lie.
"everyone has agreed that full automation is the way forward"
Who is everyone:-
Employers that want to shed staff?
Manufacturers that want bucks?
Can't you people understand that sometimes the simple {and cheap } things work well......sorry there's not much profit in a paper strip.
How do I know?....I AM a controller, and I don't mean a "desk" either!
Whenever Mr Free-lunch meets Mr Expense-account we end up with the biggest bag of worms imaginable; just remember that although your tame rocket-scientist/brain-surgeon types nod furiously in agreement it will be the foot soldiers that have to make it work eventually.