The civvy guys in defence ATC units are Australian Public Service, employed by the Depertment of Defence. I'm pretty sure that means they are covered by the warranty issue. No matter how we look at it, we need more controllers. But they are leaving in droves, and not just for other ATC jobs. I'd guess around 20-30% are either retiring outright, or have moved into another career. It just goes to show how the passion for doing the job has been slowly beaten out of people.
Back to topic, I just hope this is the last time we have to debate this kind of thing about WLM. Again, CASA/ASA/DoD have 12 months to work it out. My money's on another knee-jerk decision approaching Christmas.
Cheers,
NFR.
C-Change - good work mate. Weather's fine here.