Its a big pity this all happening 'cos it makes us and the iAA look like muppets to the general public. When in fact all we want to be able and allowed to do ,is to give the best most efficient and quality service that we can and do when staffing equipment etc allow.
Controllers by their very nature want to expidite and move the max amount of traffic in the most efficient manner cos thats why we are here and you also get the traffic out of your hair quicker!
Pity we are being constrained in that and having to deal with major system ,safety,staff and procedure issues.
Just my 0.02
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