Seems once again, that there are too many pilots who either haven't visited the major ATC centre they fly through and don't have a clue what problems ATC have in normal, let alone bad weather conditions. As one poster has said, we've been after active wx radar, available on the displays, for years now and still another year goes by without NATS providing it. Why? Cost! And with the new CAA reductions in our charges how would we pay for it?
Please, please, please file MOR's (both ATCOs and pilots), submit safety reports to your company, complain to your Chief Pilot, complain to the NATS CEO, complain to the Airline Group, complain to BALPA, write to CHIRP, complain to SRG, complain to Mrs Dunwoody & Mr Darling. Complain as loudly as you can. Do something about it!
Perhaps one day someone will listen and we won't have to watch airplanes hurtling towards each other, both trying to avoid weather.