Atcos are boring - Official!!
Thread Starter
Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 80
Likes: 0
From: uk
Atcos are boring - Official!!
Air traffic controllers are "very boring", what they do is "simple" and they're "nerdy anoracks" - so says David Learmount in The Mail on Sunday.
Don't disagree with him as such, however, I don't recall him mentioning any of this when he's been writing for the dear old Management organ (Pulse Online), over the past few months.......
Never mind, perhaps he'll tell us directly next month.
Don't disagree with him as such, however, I don't recall him mentioning any of this when he's been writing for the dear old Management organ (Pulse Online), over the past few months.......
Never mind, perhaps he'll tell us directly next month.
Joined: Jun 2003
Posts: 112
Likes: 0
From: UK
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 8,266
Likes: 1
From: Berkshire, UK
If that gent had spent sometime with me whilst I was working he certainly wouldn't have called it "boring". What a prize dope!
Anyone know if he has ever held a responsible job, or has he been a journo all his life?
Anyone know if he has ever held a responsible job, or has he been a journo all his life?
More than just an ATCO
Joined: Jul 1999
Posts: 1,773
Likes: 1
From: Up someone's nose
Interesting article This is a crisis
I wonder what basis he makes that statement on?
Actual info on Liarmouth's professional qualifications are very difficult to find. It's almost as though his career has been sanitised. Seems eminently qualified for a member of the new British government
James Delingpole tries his hand at the world's most stressful job and finds out what makes British air-traffic controllers the best
Actual info on Liarmouth's professional qualifications are very difficult to find. It's almost as though his career has been sanitised. Seems eminently qualified for a member of the new British government
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 2,020
Likes: 0
From: Near Stalyvegas
and the "nerdy anorak" comment...?
Sorry, ATSAs too
Last edited by chiglet; 18th May 2010 at 22:15. Reason: missing the important bit
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 204
Likes: 0
From: UAE
Nerdy anoraks??? The cheek of the man.
I have a good mind to introduce a resolution at the next meeting of the ATCO chapter of the Star Trek fan club, demanding a strongly-worded letter (in Klingon) be sent to Mr Learmount. I suggest members of the ATCO chapters of the B5 and BSG fan clubs do the same. Maybe have a competition to see which letter arrives first, thus also settling the argument over the relative speediness of warp drive, hyperspace and FTL drive technology.
I have a good mind to introduce a resolution at the next meeting of the ATCO chapter of the Star Trek fan club, demanding a strongly-worded letter (in Klingon) be sent to Mr Learmount. I suggest members of the ATCO chapters of the B5 and BSG fan clubs do the same. Maybe have a competition to see which letter arrives first, thus also settling the argument over the relative speediness of warp drive, hyperspace and FTL drive technology.
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 114
Likes: 1
From: At home
Learmount really nails it with this gem:
....."probably the worst (controllers) aren't the Spanish or the French but the Americans,' claims a former pilot. They all talk like characters in that Seventies CB radio movie Convoy."
Well, out of the 30 busiest airports per aircraft movement, 21 of them are in the States! His beloved LHR is ranked 13th.
He's clueless.
....."probably the worst (controllers) aren't the Spanish or the French but the Americans,' claims a former pilot. They all talk like characters in that Seventies CB radio movie Convoy."
Well, out of the 30 busiest airports per aircraft movement, 21 of them are in the States! His beloved LHR is ranked 13th.
He's clueless.
