If these muppets (Baileys,Led Sled Dick) had any idea of the way things ACTUALLY happened overseas, they would shut the f**k up before Oz went on a huge recruitment drive and tripled it's number of controllers, made just about everything an upgraded class of airspace from what is currently there, with the commensurate increase in charges.
UK, Ireland, The Middle East, Germany, Canada and the States etc, all have staffing shortages BUT, they don't implement obviously unsafe work practices like abandoning the console to unrated staff, or attempt to get controllers compelled to work on their days off.
Over here, your days off are your days off, if YOU wish to come in, you do, if not, they don't even ring you up!
Just recently the IAA decided that single person operations would not be introduced, so we have two people per console (meaning technically now we are more understaffed than we would have been)...an executive and a planner H24, regardless of traffic levels.
BTW keep it up Plaz and Jerricho, I for one like the photos, only someone that can't concentrate for more than a few seconds can't see the message.
