Mr A Tis,
I think you are talking out of your Ar**hole.
Many of the people who left/retired/moved to Scotland had LOTS to do with ATC at Manchester Airport.
Manchester sub-centre, approach, (SCMA), and Aerodrome control was, (thanks to the late W.R.P. Perry DFC), the only fully integrated ATC unit in the UK.
It was not uncommon for controllers to exercise all 3 ratings during a single duty. Assistant and TELS skills were also shared accordingly.
I believe the unit also carried out an approach radar function for EGGP.
"MAG Board has decided to take along term view".
Sadly, 12 months too late. EGCCZQ/ZA/ZT has gone, and the professionals who operate the complex MTMA are now split into 2 groups, working for different 'business divisions', 235 miles apart, with no sense of a common team-based objective.
All this has been achieved through the combined efforts of non-aviation people, (Muirhead, Barron et al). These individuals have since disappeared off the radar.
And for what purpose?
Their own selfish, short-term gain, having trashed the lives and aspirations of many.
Last edited by ZOOKER; 15th Dec 2010 at 20:55.