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Frunobulax
20th Oct 2005, 11:52
Regards, girls and boys!
Jerricho
20th Oct 2005, 14:19
Does this mean I get the day off?
cossack
20th Oct 2005, 14:32
No Jerricho, it means that all ATC service providers around the world will show great respect for their dear employees.
Pilots will also give us the respect we deserve and not complain when things don't work out as they think they should.
I thought International ATCOs Day was April 1st....
No day off but we did get a nice set of pens :ok:
Jerricho
20th Oct 2005, 14:38
Cossack, now that is funny.
Does this mean they will stop rostering me 9 on 1 off then
:}
(Who actually decreed it International ATCO day?)
Oh, here you go (http://www.capeargus.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=49&fArticleId=2955135)
TwoDogs
20th Oct 2005, 14:48
Interesting...if you Google "International ATCO day" you get exactly "0 hits"
So much for having our own day :( Oh well, its after Iftar...think I'll go drown my sorrows at the pub ;)
Frunobulax
20th Oct 2005, 15:03
IFATCA did.
http://ifatca.org/press/191005.pdf
flower
20th Oct 2005, 16:25
I'm on leave so I am sure I missed the big party that NATS will have thrown today for us all :p
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
20th Oct 2005, 17:39
<<I thought International ATCOs Day was April 1st....>>
Bong! No.. it's always held on the 30th February..
loubylou
20th Oct 2005, 18:29
what a hoot - if only!
louby
captain cumulonimbus
20th Oct 2005, 18:49
Happy ATC day to all you ATCOs! I hope much merriment,fornication and jollity was had by all in marking this auspicious and noteworthy day!:cool:
Farrell
20th Oct 2005, 18:49
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b140/quartermilefinal/budwcopie.jpg
cossack
20th Oct 2005, 19:25
Does this mean they will stop rostering me 9 on 1 off then
To paraphrase that 80s anti-drugs campaign: Just say no.
Jerricho
20th Oct 2005, 20:06
Just say no
I would mate, unfortunately thanks to a little greviance that happened here, if nobody else can do it..........it's yours.
cossack
20th Oct 2005, 21:06
That sounds like the thin end of a none-too-pleasant wedge. I'd not heard of that here. Who grieved who to get that result?
Apparantly, if everone in the tower here maxed out every period, there would still be shifts running short. Only about 5 or 6 max out, 5 or 6 don't do any, and the rest fit in between. So you can imagine there is a lot of OT available, but no mandatory requirement...yet.
It must feel good to be wanted!