Atc mis-management
Yet again we are in this situation of Sledge hammer to the Mouse mentality!
4th Floor take it upon themselves to rule with a big stick to a professional and high functional group of intelligent people demeaning them with pathetic and childish reactions to something as simple as a shift swap 'within' the rules! CAD670.
THE TIME IS COMING WHEREBY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND THE ATCO'S WON'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! Bigger issues are more worrying!!!
Stress management and traffic management are 'safety management' issues and someone's gonna 'crack' and hopefully NOT on the job!!
Max accumulated leave of 180 days mainly affecting local Chinese ATCO's plus TOIL balance figures in excess of 50 hrs with no prospect of leave or reducing these figures, for years ahead, is on the minds of most ATCO's working very high tfc levels 'every day' and 'night' combined now with weather deviations etc.
The warning bells are ringing and it's not a matter of 'if' but 'when' we see something really serious occur.
4th floor will be running for cover and the 'wing and a prayer' philosophy or the TCAS/RA stats, won't protect them in the court of law. e.g. Swiss ATC!
Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, ........... HKATCX is next!