ASA is short of staff. So short they are closing sectors on a regular basis.
Not regularly, but often enough to be a concern.
end of that they are lucky to get half of the trainees rated.
Currently, pass rate is about 80% rated.
companies actually encouraged controllers to work on term transfers in other countries, ATC would be the better for it.
Most definitely agree!
I mean what sense does it make to send a guy who has just spent a couple of years vectoring his arse off into Dubai, to Brisbane Oceanic?????),
Cause that's where they need the controllers. We don't need arrivals controllers, we need Tops and Oceanic controllers. Besides any fool can vector, but how about juggle 30 aircraft procedurally during the monsoon season with 120nm weather diversions at 2am in the morning??