It's good to see someone else is on the same wave lengh
as me Mache 12.
Re the cute sounding ATC/FS ladies, their are still a couple in amongst them. Dunno what kind of duty hours the ATC/FS people do however I think they do some long hours, and at a guess I'd say that they don't get paid very well.
Also as I mentioned before, it pays to keep a good ear out on the radio as to who's around and where. I had a good mate several years ago have a tranmission let go in a helicopter at Kikori, I heard his mayday about 500 miles away on HF, no one close by heard it, not even FS. He survived however he was badly banged up, but I was able to relay his position and situation onto FS.