.....well picked up "SM4 Pirate"
ATC do a damn fine job under duress at times. We are dealing with humans here, not machines where there is a good chance something can be done correctly every time, not so with the human mind. Hence plenty spent on repetative training.
The acuracy of GPS these days being used for primary lateral nav is amazing & the controllers need to be even more vigilant, poor buggers I take my hat off to all of them.
Just as a slight thread drift here. I was transiting the Tasman recently when an opposite direction B767 travelling to the land of the long white cloud was dead in line on our reciprical track & I mean dead!!.............He could have slipt my Transponder aerial right down the middle it seemed that spot on ! That being the case am amazed that there aren't more transgressions in separation standards, & that's not from any fault of the guys we trust!.
We trust you guys, (ATC) keep the puppet strings tight & we'll dance for you every time !
Capt Wally:-)