Bright-Ling
DX - you say you CANNOT say what unit/sector that it was. Why not???? Are they banned from receivign praise!!?!??
It's called confidentiality, I didn't ask either of the captains if I could mention who they were so don't feel at liberty to do so, but the ATCO in question has already had the praise passed on.
If he or she wishes to reveal more then fine by me.
All I can say is that the message was passed to the QF flight shortly after departure from Heathrow. Hope that helps you a little, I'm not trying to be secretive.
Kissmysquirrel I'm neither a pilot nor ATCO but it does strike me that if you approach people with what appears to be the attitude that "They are going to be nasty / offhand / whatever, to me because I am a Northerner approaching the South or Southerner the North" then you are likely to run into problems as they will soon pick up on any preconceptions you may have and in turn will feel they are being treated unfairly and thus you will create a vicious circle.
Why not ease up a little and see if making light of it helps?