To say Ms Fletcher's comments are repugnant is an understatement. As a male controller at Melbourne Centre I take offence. The other controller in this action stated from the outset that she had no problem with the male controllers she worked alongside IT WAS A SMALL GROUP OF MALE
MANAGERS that was the problem.
One manager in particular who everybody in the room knew was a loose canon. A bloke who would not pass an aptitude test in any organisation for a management position. The bloke got a management position because most others rejected ASA's political agenda in trying to force applicants onto individual contracts.
Ms Fletcher, your blanket statement that Melbourne Centre is a boys club is complete bullish!t. Women are well represented in the management ranks, are being actively recruited for ATC and are treated just like the rest of us.
The manager concerned was an arseclown of the highest order and no, no-one has been held to account for his actions but you do yourself no favours by tarring us all with the same brush
