Bout bloody time. This debacle has been so badly handled for so long, none of us want to see an accident or incident. The precipitate of the staff shortages has for too long been passed onto the controller(O/time and increased responsibilities), the levels of stress realized by those at the coal face must have increased.................perhaps now with a dollar value(possible litigation from operators) the management at the highest level will appreciate that an improvement of T & C's will retain staff and atract new recruits.
As a pilot on high capacity rpt I don't blame the controllers at all. Perhaps some are refusing the O'time(that should be their right), perhaps some are also calling in sick.....................somewhat dubious but given how hamstrung Unions are in these workchoices environments, understandable.
Good on
VB for forcing some economic light to be shone on this debacle.