Originally Posted by
coldair
That's very sad news. Cov has / had some of the best, helpful and friendly controlers one could wish for.
I do hope this a temporary problem and that they can recruit more controllers.
Thanks, CVT ATCO's you have done excellent work in the past. best wishes to you all.
coldair
Not always.
About 12 years ago I had a bizjet positioning Farnborough - Coventry. It was after 8pm so most other radar units were closed; I elected to hand it straight to Coventry rather than give the crew extra frequency changes.
When I phoned Coventry for a radar handover I was given the rather abrupt reply 'I'm not doing radar at the moment but if you put it over to my frequency, I might go downstairs and look at radar if I feel like it'.
I sincerely hope this was a 'one off' and did not represent the general attitude of Coventry controllers.