tired-flyboy.. So why are you in ATC? You KNEW the score before joining. When I joined I would have gone anywhere to do the job. I wanted Heathrow badly but was too scared to think of asking. I tentatively suggested that "southern England" would be enormously helpful, family-wise, and got Heathrow. Guess I was lucky.
Seems to me from this - and many other - thread(s) that people worry too much about other things rather than the actual job. There was a new GM at LATCC once and I didn't know about it until about 6 months after the change. So what? "Management" to me were just office workers.
Moral: Go to work. Plug in headset and do the best job you can possibly do to provide a good service. Unplug. Go home and forget work and enjoy your family. Collect large salary and enjoy more time off than the majority of those in other jobs.
Oh yes - who is the new GM - Derek Jenkins?