ProcATCO
Your post has prompted me to "come out" from a long lurk and express my outrage at your ATC experiences
As a serving VRT I must say that your wing was totally out of line and you should have kicked this upstairs to Region. Knowing the Regional Commandant for Wales and West he would surely have "kicked a$$"
The ATC cannot afford to lose someone with your background and I can only say that in most of the ATC sqns I have visited across the UK, a friendly but definite RAF style discipline is enforced. One or two wayward COs (one I know with previous regular RAF commisioned experience!) use first names to cadets all the time, but this is actively discouraged by all the Wing COs I have met.
A big THANK YOU to all you busy regulars who, despite all the cr@p you are facing right now give the cadets such sterling support.
