In all the discussion I see in this and other threads there is one thing that I miss and I think it is something we must not forget. Whatever happens and whatever incidents or accidents may occur, there will always be a very significant difference in approach between Air Traffic Controllers and Pilots and that is the fact that the Pilots life is directly at steak and not the life of the Air Traffic Controller.
All the discussion about lives being ruined anyway cannot take away that fact.
PS.
I am both