Whether you call it de-skilling, loss of knowledge or dumbing-down it’s a real phenomenon in every business
And that is my very concern, and I find it interesting you use the word
business. Unfortunately that is a word I hate to see applied ot what we do.
IMHO there is knowledge and skill that is vital to ATC that, for what ever reason be it budgeting, change of curriculum, a decrease in the passion for the job..........all have the potential to degrade the service we provide, especially in unusual circumstances. And once again, it is the uniqueness of these events that a controller becomes very reliant on both experience AND training.