HD,
Quote: Do what I did for 31 years - go to work, talk to the planes and come home. Don't become involved in anything else at all.
Don't know whether it's possible to do that in 21st century NATS. At my unit everyone had what the military call 'secondary duties': Training Officer, Standards, UCE, Safety Officer, Aerodrome Manual author, Document Impact Assessor, Safety Services Liaison, Airfield Driving Licences, Briefings, Incident Investigator etc etc, plus whatever project or initiative the GM wanted to delegate. Certainly anyone who progresses to the ranks of Watch Management will spend a vast proportion of their time on non-headset activities. Just talking to the planes and going home for 31 years will nowadays see you very much out of favour, and at the back of the queue for any courses, privileges or perks. (Not that NATS management believes in privileges or perks
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