LeftBlank
One plays the cards one is dealt with at the time. The leave system was done by consensus and was in no way dictatorial.
The life of an ATCO is also great in your 40s, 50s & 60s but it requires a positive attitude.
If one can't cope one should move on otherwise put the children in boarding school, tell the wife to get a meaningful well paid job and enjoy life as a 'mover and shaker' rather than as a watcher on the sidelines.
You appear to epitomise modern Britain as in the 'Me Me Me Gen X "I want it all but I don't want to put the effort in".
Stand up straight, fear God, Honour the Queen, shoot straight and keep your rifle clean.
And this from a Guardian reader since the '60s.
