At the airfield where I worked there was an ex ATCA who was in admin (but not NATS admin)- he was one of those who declined to transfer to the CAA when it was created back in '75 and transferred to another branch of the civil service - remember NATS and NATCS had been Department of Trade and Industry and before that Board of Trade. It was apparent there was a hell of a chip on his shoulder by his attitude to ATC staff. Remind you of someone?
The pointed end; were you an ATSA at one time?