I'll bet a months salary that 737-500 has never visited an ATC centre and as such, doesn't understand fully the task of the ATCO there, or how that task is achieved.
Just for the record I have visited Cork TWR/APP and Shannon ACC and I am well aware of how stressful it is. But surely they are not doing themselves any favours the way they have gone about things? And now they have stopped giving shortcuts and in one airport not filing local flight plans which they have done for years. Is it not getting a bit silly at this stage?
anotherthing whos jumping to conclusions now? I look forward to this months cheque