Why be aircraft type specific?

[fisbangwollop]

Dont worry about it....I think you will find that most of the younger ATCO's coming into the job couldn't tell the difference either between a 757 or a BAC1-11..!!....It's a fact, in days gone by most of us coming into the job came because we had an interest in aviation ( dare I mention the word spotter ) nowadays folk leave Uni without a clue what there going to do...they see an advert for ATC then they see the salary....job done.

P.S......and going by our companies Intranet daily "photo of the day" we have a better chance at learning the identity of a particular breed of cat or dog rather than an aircraft type!!!...