This guy did a really good job but an award?? How many awards do us controllers in the middle east deserve for correcting very serious mistakes made by idiots flying tin-cans. To quote an example without being specific for obvious reasons, only a few months ago I had one of those big big russian freighters climbing at about 100ft per minute straight into the mountains. When I queried his knowledge of terrain in the area he was oblivious of where or what altitude he was supposed to be and only decided to turn away after I intervened. I bet if I query any of you guys down in the middle east could quote one or two examples of very serious errors which could have been disastrous. When you do please quote awards received!!
