I would take issue with Nicnaks posting about operating under an ATCOs responsibility. It is not an issue of "getting a licence"or becoming an ATCO, but one of clearly defined duties and responsibilities. In this increasing litigious age, I think that these rather archaic definations of responsibilities are increasingly irrelevant given some of the increasing specialisations of some of the ATSA tasks, for example the Flight Plan supervisor or the Flight Information Service Officers at the centres and I am sure that there are other posts at other units. I can assure Nicnak that in my interview with SRG when I was involved in a 1261 doing the FIR I was the the "master of my fate". I think that it is in everyones interest as individuals and as an organisation that this system is introduced ASAP and it is not a challenge to the ATCOs ego.