brain fade
"Lets face it boys. You ATCO types are all frustrated pilots"
In your dreams my friend
. Had the pleasure of a jump seat ride to Dublin and Skavsta earlier this year. Great day out, extremely informative and a couple of very professional, engaging gentlemen to boot. Would I want to do four sector days like that for a living? Not on your life. For those "frustrated " pilots amongst us there is ample opportunity to relieve the frustration. The unit at which I'm based includes guys engaged in a spectrum of flying activities including microlights, gliding, classic aircraft formation flying, aerobatics, Citation operation and helicopter operations in the Arctic.
But then again, in some quarters, real flying only consists of multiple jets and then mostly in a straight line.