This palava rears its ugly head every 6 months or so and I enjoy the opportunity to throw in a grenade!
As an ex military controller I am always amused at the petty, mis directed and ill informed perception a small (and insignificant portion) of the civil ATC community have of military ATC ops.
Having left the military and subsequently validated in 3 more countries under the civil umbrella, it has provided a proving ground for the standard of ATC training and operations that I was exposed to whilst serving.
There has been no scenario or situation that has not been within the boundaries of fundamental Air Traffic taught by the military, and most importantly in the current environment with 30%+ of
traffic in this and adjacent FIR's being military, the background has been invaluable.
On most occasions the individuals concerned probably didn't
cut the mustard trying to join the military and will hold an eternal grudge at their sub standard abilities!
