Take 3: Thanks for your response.
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Nope, got nothing to say, other than all of the above. If you have a fully reliable mentor box then moving the PTT switch becomes redundant.
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Ahh, but there's the rub! There are no reliable mentor boxes at present, are there?
In addition, no consideration is given to those people who, like me, preferred at LATCC to use the hand PTT switch because I found it more comfortable. This option is now not available, and I wonder whether HSE considered the possible effects upon people's posture and possible subsequent back troubles through being constrained to a fairly narrow range of movement by the need to reach the foot switch whilst being able to see the screen properly (as if!!).
I do understand your point of view, but the fact remains that there are many features about NERC, some of which are only just crawling out of the woodwork (metaphor, since we all know wood is forbidden due fire risk or aesthetic reasons
) and which should have been sorted long ago rather than passing it all off as 'perfect'. If this had been the case, I suspect the cost involved would have been lower than retrofits, but that would have meant certain senior managers admitting they had signed for a specification which was unsatisfactory. That would mean taking responsibility for their actions and we all know that sloping shoulders abound on the third floor! (But if the rumour on another thread is true, sloping shoulders leading to capacious pockets seem also to be in evidence).