Originally Posted by
Gonzo
I imagine that those ATCO jobs in those remote communities, in Sweden and elsewhere, whose airports are ripe for 'going remote', actually provide a lot of income into those communities. Jobs such as those enable skilled professionals to stay in their local communities rather than moving to the big city etc etc.
The brief from the Swedes is that the ATCOs are happy to move back to civilisation. Instead of being stuck in the tower solo and only seeing others in their profession at shift change they now see others during breaks, which they can now get. There is other help around for problems etc. etc. Also they were having problems getting volunteers for some of the remote places.