I had some work to do this morning and before I set in, I thought I'd browse the forum.
TAVLA... Uitstekend Boet! I don't think anyone could have put it any better, even in one language
Mercury Rising... I must commend you on a very well composed post. You quite elegantly stated what ATNSers have been feeling about management for a long time.
However, let me be the first to say, "I'd LOVE to know where you work!!!" Where do I sign up? I dust off my headset in a shot.
As for the failure rate, I believe there are all sorts of new things in place now... Rumour has it on primary 1,2/3 a fail is no longer what it used to be. On top of that, the tower course is now about 6 months long!
I have nothing against the future conrollers of the world being given a fair chance but I'm reminded of a saying the old head of the college used to say (with adequately flamboyant swear words as punctuation), the motto is "Train to succeed" not "train UNTIL you succeed!"