Captain Custard,
With deepest apologies I must advise I am not PB (long may his, her or its work reign in our memories). Nice try though. We wily ATCs aren't quite so silly as to leave that short a paper trail...
As for Tobzalp, the night of the long knives approaches. Whilst AsA is busily rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic with the last front bench reshuffle, idle hands in the background are doing much mischief.
All this jocularity aside, can't help but wonder why ATCs and Civilair are copping all the cr@p thrown at them as if they're driving the NAS agenda. Nothing could be farther from the truth from where I sit. The targets are set by people well displaced from the workplace either as pilots or ATC, implemented on a schedule no-one seems to be resourced to cope with, with resulting poor understanding by all involved.
Given that this is an industry not known for being forgiving to in-flight SNAFUs, it would seem that the moment of reckoning will definately be to some unfortunate sod's detriment.
Last edited by DickyBaby; 29th Jul 2003 at 08:04.