According to CASA and AsA the 10 years I spent as an Area Controller were a complete waste of time and I really wasn't needed. Can someone just pass that on to the flying school at Coffs where I spoked to the young vfr student lost in IMC west of Coffs...I could go with a littany of lost pilots, helping guys (GA & RPT Jets) trying to find their way through the crap weather to get north of Casino. But hey my colleages and I (alongwith AsA) were taking money under false pretences as we were not
really needed.
When you're sitting in your cockit at M.83 at FL320 I hope you're comfortable with someone at the same level who may or may not be on your frequency and may or may not have a working TCAS passing 15nm in front