Originally Posted by
Boldface
I've always been confused as to how ATC have escaped the contractorisation scourge for so long. Certainly LATCC and SCATCC engage in little if any work that couldn't be done by civvies.
The rules and regs tie the contractor up so tightly that a civvie ATC can be as expensive as a military one hence there is little saving for the service and only pain for the contractor.
We kept going down that route until the contractor shut the door quite firmly. And the contractor's man? She was an ex-ATCO!