Nerc Dweller
Unless you're being very devious, it is obvious you have little appreciation of the Nerc sysyem.
Probably the London Middle Sector ( nos 25 & 26 in Nerc speak ) has the most standing agreements - over 50 I believe.
Frequently the team of THREE or SIX can become seriously busy dealing with co-ordinations, phone calls, and a myriad of other distractions in the day to day running of the inefficient and inflexible system we have been lumbered with.
Combining of roles is a complete non-starter.
Even SRG agree with that - until SMG ask them to get a new rubber stamp made up.
There are more phone calls being made now by planners in particular than a CSC would have made back at Latcc.
Electronic co-ordinations frequently are sent just as, or even before, the aircraft actually calls on the RT prompting numerous calls to change entry or exit flight levels.
Of late, a large proportion of aircraft are actually requesting a different level to that filed - this can be for many reasons - upper winds, turbulence, flow restrictions etc. This means more manual changes have to be actioned.
Aircraft often call before the paper strips appear on the tactical's board.
Any planner phone call results in a backlog of electronic offers needing to be processed.
I could go on but I'm getting bored now.