Didn't say that Africa shouldn't improve, it even has to (especially concerning safety issues)!!! But comparing it like saying: "Africa is to Spain, like Spain to the Rest of Europe", dude!!! Spain is as safe as the rest of Europe. And Sevilla is as good as the other european places. What? No Directs? It's even not part of a controllers job! But they do it! Not lately, ok, and that makes acontroller a bad controller? Pretty superficial thought, don't you think? (And those things happen in central, northern, and western Europe as well, sometimes more often, sometimes less, but it does, and we know it!)
I am sure there is always lots to improve, and so all in northern Europe as well, oh yes! But aren't they doing their job? They do, and good! Oh yes!
The point is just that they don't give directs. So what?! They are doing their job! That's why they are bad controllers? NO! We are bad pilots because we complain about BS. We are supposed to fly the way its supposed to be, but we get shortcuts, good for everybody, and we feel better, because we got there earlier! Damn, we are o good, ain't we?! And we even finish our duty earlier, yeah! And when we don't get them, suddenly it's because the controllers are bad! Let's do our job, gents! Oh man, c'mon guys! We need to take our head out of our butt!!! (And yes, me included, most of us!!!) Seriously!
