In your eyes, the rest of us are responsible for dragging you all down. In our eyes, the perpetual intransigence of the ATCOs to honestly recognise the input and value of the support staff (and especially the Ops ATSAs) and back them up accordingly, is what the real state of affairs is.
Only speaking on behalf of AC/TC here, but the input of ATSAs over the years have dwindled, and to be perfectly honest, the amount of time I have sat with an ATSA who has read a book throughout the whole of the session is easily 85% of the time. Some go off and wander around. I no longer feel any value of support from about 90% of them. There are some who are desperate to support you, and they have great awareness of the tactical picture, but they are the definate minority, the rest are barely noticeable and get a great wage for what they ultimately do, and if they were honest with themselves, they would agree. I bet they would not get a cushier job, with such a wage, anywhere, ever again.