Duty Of Care
OK, so some folks are saying, "well, it's always been there, so what's the fuss?"
That's true. We HAVE always, where possible, provided info in respect of that. What I, and some of my colleagues, are uncomfortable about is it being put into writing in a CAP. It makes us perhaps more vulnerable to legal action.
Our job has, in many repsects has become more and more "arse covering." With regard to Flight Safety, this is no bad thing - learning from others' mistakes, potentially. A good TrUCE discussion.
I think the real worry is the threat of speculative legal action in the event of an a/c accident. Some clever lawyer somewhere may well find the legalese to put an ATCO who - amongst his/hers real peers has done their absolute best to prevent an incident/accident - in the proverbial. Loss of licence could be the least of their worries.
I do hope I'm being paranoid on this count.