I think that the 15 hours I had has in no way helped me be a more proficient area controller. Also, I'd like to do fam flights, but as has already been mentioned, the scheme has been withdrawn after 11/9.
I get the impression that Hugmonster doesn't like us ATCOs very much, from the tone I've implied from his posts on this topic and others, so to Mr Hugmonster, "I'm doing my best! We try and stop you banging in to other planes and all you do is grumble!"