Just over 10 years ago we had 2 (two) people in the
PR department. See Annnual Reports , we now have @ 50 in Corporate Relations.
We have around 30 Approach controllers in Sydney.
More spin doctors than SY approach controllers.
You know it makes sense!
Airlines carry staff on reserve, ASA don't. Why? Because we don't have them and never have. ASA and its predecessors have always relied on controllers giving up THEIR rostered days off (RDOs) to fill holes . These holes used to be due to illness. Increasingly over the last few years, rosters are written with the holes already in them due to lack of staff.
The Sunday in question was an occurence when ASA were unable to fill the holes. There would have been alot more days like these, if controllers weren't continually giving up THEIR DAYS OFF to cover for a chronic lack of workforce planning.
What does ASA do when the 'holes in the cheese line up'.
You must get some value out of the huge
PR machine that they have created over the years,so they insinuate that it was somehow the fault of the controllers.
ASA don't have enough controllers, they can spin it anyway they like (and they do) but the fact remains.