The "more advanced aviation country" is most likely using the 1930s dirt track pen and paper system which is more flexible for handling pop-up flighplans. You're still being a plonka. Maybe Aberdeen allows a flight data record to be created with far less input? Does it really matter? Ask a bit earlier if you think you're going to be delayed.
Get over comparing different places - it's apples and oranges. Have you compared the workload per controller, sector sizes, complexity, different systems, yadda, yadda, yadda?
I don't moan and bitch about someone in their 172 being unable to do everything a 737 can do - because they're different.
And Aberdeen has a lot more movements does it? I don't think so.
Last edited by le Pingouin; 4th Aug 2015 at 15:51.