Perspective
I just want to put this into perspective from a conspiracy point of view.
Since before the last EBA negotiations, when TFN first came to the job, Civil Air has been warning of the impending staffing shortages. This was done through correspondence, and also at high level face to face meetings. The response from AsA was always, "Don't tell us how to run our business, we will take care of it, we are on top of it."
Despite Civil Airs' repeated warnings, almost nothing and certainly not enough has been done to increase staff.
And that is the main point, increase staff.
Asa has a policy of training just enough staff to replace what they believe will be the retirements in the next 12 months. If they believe 30 people will retire next year then they will train 30 new recruits. Of course, the problem is not all of those recruits will rate. Getting quality recruits is another topic in itself.
Then take into account people just leaving because they are sick of being mistreated, sick of doing the job, going overseas, retiring early, deciding on a career change etc, etc.
So we have the problem of not replacing what is now becoming a wave of resignations and retirements, and no allowance for well documented increases in traffic.
Now, all of a sudden, it is all the Air Traffic Controllers fault for deliberately trying to sabotage the system. Give me break.
TFN and his cohorts have let this system run into the ground, over several years. They are the ones that will ultimately have to bear responsibility.