me me,
Luddites we are not. Part of the NATS operational staff trying to be logical about the workload impact/safety aspect of new technology on service provision, yes. Trying to save some of our jobs is something which anybody in our position would do - even you. Unions? dont even go there. The only thing which would ever have a real impact on this part of the dilemma is for those who readily speak of ATSAs being 'worth their weight in gold' and having 'utmost admiration' for us to actually get up of their ar*es, state this to the Mgmt who are trying their best to remove us and the service we can provide, and genuinely offer more than just moral support. If you think that ATSAs genuinely can be/are of benefit to the operation, then tell Mgmt so!
The alternative is for the tasks being relinquished by many of us to be foisted onto ATCO shoulders. Automation is not always what it seems. Many of the tasks are not going away - just being redeployed. If you're happy with sitting there doing your own job and somebody else's on top (especially during a systems outage), then no amount of reasoning is going to change your mind.