Rainboe:
So you would be expected to control aeroplanes and monitor pilots to make sure that they hadn't 'walked off the shop' for a few minutes and let speed fall? Realistically it is ridiculous. Your job is enough. You have every right to expect a pilot to be able to fly an approach if he's licensed. You don't expect Laurel and Hardy to be coming in on a passenger service!
Simple question: Why do we have MSAW?
Ah Sorry! Of course, you have no idea what MSAW is! It's
NOT the controllers job to fly the aircraft. Hence, MSAW is unknown to you, or forgotten because it's a very, very silly system).
Let me refresh you memory (either you like it or not):
MSAW=Minimum Safe Altitude Warning systems
From
SKYbrary - MSAW i quote:
Minimum Safe Altitude Warning (MSAW) is a ground-based safety net function of an ATC radar data processing system. MSAW is intended to assist in the prevention of controlled flight into terrain accidents by generating, in a timely manner, an alert of a potential or actual infringement of a minimum safe altitude. The MSAW function, using software in ATC computers, alerts ATCOs when radar returns indicate an aircraft penetrating or about to penetrate the minimum safe altitude.
--End of quote--
MSAW is of course a total waste of money as the ATC operator is not supposed to fly or tell the pilots how to fly. Go figure! Heck, the next they'll come up with is MSSW (Minimum Safe Speed Warning).