while they or any FIR pays my bills i stick to their rules
No doubt, unfortunately we get to experience several different FIR's in one day and even more in one month.
As I said to the CASA chappie when he was waxing lyrically how the Aus ATM had plans to be the best in the world..
My definition of best, is the ones that are closest to ICAO SARPS and that shares the most standardisation with the rest of the world.
As a pilot we are expected to know and follow everyones rules, variations and idiosyncrasies. In the case of the Aus ones, that was 15 pages worth, that is putting a lot of demand on the average hypoxic, dehydrated, jet lagged, village idiot of a pilot (at least that's what my girlfriend affectionately refers to me as).
Guess you are lucky your control tower or centre does not move and you have only one or two sets of rules to learn, there you are I knew I would eventually find a reason to want to become a controller
