Some years ago an afternoon was organised at ScATCC for PPRuNers. I wasn't learning to fly at the time but was invited to attend. This excellent afternoon was directly responsible for my actions some years later when, through no fault of mine, things went badly wrong on my QXC. Part of the visit had involved a visit to D&D and both the FISOs of the FIS service at Prestwick and the Mil ATCOs in ScATCC D&D cell had made it abundantly clear that they wished to hear from us. D&D in particular stressed that they would much prefer to have to sort out what eventually proved to be a minor problem than have to turn out the whole SAR team to pick up the pieces. Thank you! Your encouragement to talk, without fear of criticism, if in the slightest doubt meant that I called and, although things were far from straightforward, nobody needed to come and pick up any pieces.
Mind you, everyone is friendly, but they do have an odd-looking one or two members of staff.
