What's the reason for the sudden limitation? If it was because a swap went wrong then it's understandable!
A colleague once told me that if he was prevented from shift swaps his sick leave would increase as he would take sick leave where he couldn't swap! Quite an unacceptable attitude really.
5 shift swaps a month is fair although I don't think it's fair that the person agreeing to do the swap should have it deducted from his own allowance.
What about senior ATCOs, are they also limited to 5 swaps, do they need to swap to attend last minute meetings etc?
HD, you probably never needed to swap because your annual leave allowance was 100 days a year or thereabouts!!
