RADAR,
I never took it as a slur on TC, was just setting the record straight.
Airspace closures are more likely at Swanwick, because the manpower is used in a slightly different way (the sectors are run differently) and as said by Bex et al above, the management/bean counters do not give the people on the shop floor the correct amount of manpower to comfortably provide a service.
The management seem content on running at a bare minimum - something has to give.
Personally, as an aside, I am in favour of giving people who do additional sectors extra money - there is no company law requirement to do more than one core sector, yet is is expected by management.
I am sure it is the same at LACC, but TC would not function with the number of staff it rosters daily if people did not hold extra validations.
The people that do so do not get paid any extra, but have to do extra bookwork and undergo exra LCE checks for no gain!!
Thread drift alert(!) but maybe people who do extra sectors should think about rescinding their validation if the management keep hacking away at manpower/pensions etc.
It is easy enough to justify that you do not think you are getting the currency required to give a safe service in an increasingly busy environment.
Just a thought