point taken repapips and there's definitely room for improvement. i may have an idea who this person is.
urgood: just to give you a heads-up on what kind of equipment they are using; manila area control still uses the 20-something year-old radar connected to a french system; manila approach's equipment is from japan; clark has an italian system while subic still uses the american one. as a result, there's no automatic interfacing because of the different softwares. in other parts of the world, starting from the most remote tower up to the main trunk, they are using only one system so everything is automated.
more than 50% of the traffic are gps & rnav capable and yet they still need to navigate thru various points. just imagine the fuel and time you can save when, after reporting over the manila-hongkong boundary, you've been cleared to track direct to 10 miles final for the approach. controllers can always do this but because the radar is unreliable they opt not to. and dont get me started with the frequencies. controller ability na lang talaga ang nagdadala. they really need upgrading in there.
where is the government spending those revenues? the airlines are not getting the services they deserve.