I don't agree with Spitoon for many reasons. Our job is so different and more and more complex than others, that it is not possible to compare it with other jobs. Safety factor in our job, you know, must be always guaranteed, other than procedures complexity, number of lives under ATCO responsabilty, kind of damages could it happen in case of an accident, quick actions requested to the single ATCO, workload and stress factors, shiftwork are usually not regular and not in accordance with circadian rhythm, etc..etc...Please take a look to Eurocontrol Managing Shiftwork in European ATM, and let me know if it is better for ANSP to close the ATC service during night hours, than to keep it open with a single ATCO....Please come back to main reason of this post, thank you!!
