ATC Famil flights would be very welcome on the part of ATC, and would be extremely useful. I would love to have a trip up front of an A340 or A330 particularly to discuss and see first hand the specific issues with early descent and speeds that we seem to have here in the Middle East. I can't speak for all ATC'ers but since I know we are not going to be fully staffed in the foreseeable future and as such will not be released for this kind of activity, I would be willing to go on one of my days off. I don't think we should have to do this, but as I said there is no way at the moment that our employers could justify paying overtime to release us for a famil flight.
I hope this forum can stay positive and we can keep it out of the gutter and stay above the name calling that PITA tried to drag it down to. If he comes back and starts again doing that, I hope the moderator does what he should do and bins the rubbish.