Centralisation of ATC
Having first hand experience of centralisation of command and control in the Emergency Services I know for a fact that this does not work. The cost savings once the systems are set up are marginal if any. The stress factors on the controllers quickly increase by a factor of 10 at times which obviously is not recommended when you are directing aircraft into controlled crashes at airports.There is no downtime to regain your senses and energy and sickness rates increase causing more work for the remaining staff and so the snowball grows. More controllers are needed to cover for sickness and more courses are arranged for the controllers to update onto new equipment and to manage stress etc. It quickly becomes a self perpetuating monster.The cost savings are quickly eaten up by more staff and so the monster grows.
Unfortunately once you have set up the monster the financial implications of going back are so great that it is impossible and anyway the person in charge of the monster is being paid huge amounts of money to see that it continues to self perpetuate.
To stop the monster being born you need facts and figures which include financial breakdowns which are all available either on the net or through freedom of information from the Various Gov. Depts. Good Luck. You will need it.