ER_BN Does any AUS ATC maybe have a sinking feeling that we won the battle but lost the war??
Of course!
we lose the war every goddamn time there is an EBA eg:
9/11.
Ansett Collapse
SARS
and now the GFC.
there's always a reason why the sky is falling and why we should take what's offered without upsetting the "fragile" industry.
Does anyone really beleive that AsA will use the breathing space afforded by a
temporary downturn in aviation activity to bolster ATC numbers? Here we are, 1/3rd of the way through 2009 - how many of the "100 trainees per year" have we seen in the field?