undervalued spot on about the FDCs.
Great people who get bugger all appreciation.
I was on for the failure, it highlighted those who have had a lot of exposure to the system, and pre TAAATS experience, and have had refresher training (even though it may have been 3+ years ago), and those who have been there for a while but have had no refresher training.
To me the actions of some of them ALMs was less than optimum, you don't allow departures until you check with the controllers, and you don't release airspace to the Military until you check with the controllers.
On the whole it showed why you pay for controllers not for
'airspace monitors', when the poo hits the fan give me experience anyday. Sorry for the delays to industry but safety carries the day. ASA will probably 'tick off' the refresher training now.