Fear not! I am not a newbie at this game..
I have been through this process more times than I care to remember and its always painful, and usually the older ATCO's are resistant to change (human nature). My belief is we must look at these new systems and see what they can bring to the table and look at if the older way of doing things should be challenged, or even phased out...
I firmly believe writing on Estrips is worthless, mainly due to the limitations of the technology (HMI). However there are so many benefits to EFPS for an airport and a regional/national ATM as a whole that it cannot be ignored as the future. Also, go ask the average 21 year old ab initio to write on paper strips vs using EFPS and I am pretty sure you know what response you will get.
I know it hurts.
