Point Seven
but to ALL the new ATCOs, your "Assistant" probably has forgotten more than you will ever know [about the job] [S]He is there to help YOU to to the Task that you are paid to do...whether they like you or not
Not at all. I remember training new ATCOs in Assistant duties, and one or two quickly "lost the plot". No fault of theirs, but [possibly] the structured training at the time. I can't remember how many Assistants have "progressed" to the ATCO fold [I do know that
every trainee that has been "under my wing", has been successful in Promotion/ATCO boards]
When I joined, my task was....."To Collect, Collate, Activiate and Disseminate an Expeditious Flow of Air Traffic Information".......[to aid the ATCO]
This I firmly believe, still holds true today..
even with EFPS
watp,iktch