Its not that long ago that we were shifting upwards of 800 movements a day without the full compliment of staff.
Maybe if the manc selection process was all transparent then this may not have happened. In the past before movement between NSL units became almost impossible you could have filled your seats. However too many managers at Manc up their own backsides, a well renowned face fitting culture plus a big unit attitude because you are co-located with NERL has all contributed to this situation. Why not fill the void with even more area controllers and their unqualified girlfriends? That is why people have a chip on their shoulder/are bitter because the whole process has never been above board. Why has it ever been necessary for a qualified NATS TWR/App controller to have an interview to do the same job? It does not happen at Heathrow so is Manc so much harder?
I'm afraid your management have created this problem.