Riverboat,
A pilot's perspective is different to that of an ATCO. WW wasn't saying that there are more jets now... methinks you'll find that prop aircraft are operating at jet levels on short routes these days.
Fact: Ortac is a bottleneck.
Best practice a bad thing? Not sure where you're coming from there. What do you want, everyone to have an independent and maverick approach in aviation???!
And I think you're probably wrong to assume she's a newcomer at the unit.