Tom Marshall
 

Tom Marshall, ex Military controller, ex crew chief at West Drayton, ex Group Supervisor at LTCC died suddenly, aged 52, on Friday. Tom was a superb controller, forthright in his opinions and a fierce union negotiator. In short a character. He will be missed

RIP

rip tom
 

Tom was a character. so few left now in Air Traffic. forthright and opinionated and all the better for it. And a great controller. Sad day. RIP

What a shock! Terrible news. Had many a fierce debate with Tom, a character indeed.
My sincere condolences to his family.

Terrible, terrible news; controversial, trenchant and extremely dour (a mutual friend called him "chuckles").....most of us cared about him a good deal.

I'm gutted. He gave me some of the best advice ever ("Get a Lawyer, trust no-one") and I'll be eternally grateful. Give God a good talking too Tom.

RIP

I've known Tom for over 30 years since we were together at Eastern Radar.

RIP my friend, you can come and play on CMA any time you like.

A sad loss indeed. :(

Tom Marshall
 

What sad news.

First met Tom whilst on the "Mediocre" course, and he was on his Area Radar with Ian Jones at CATC. Bournemouth was never the same afterwards. Followed by the The Three Tuns in Staines, Stuarty, Walker et al.

Truly a loss of a great brain, and a good fellow..

Sad and shocking news, and thoughts with his partner and children.

Mont Blanc

Heard about this also. Was on his watch for a short while at TC then swapped onto a watch that spun onto it. He also gave me good advice and I respected his integrity and viewpoints. Being a fellow Scotsman I was able to 'get' his humour while it would mostly fly over the heads of our english colleagues :}:}:}:ok:

I believe though that his treatment in the not so distant past (those in the know will know what I mean) was dreadful and badly handled.

A sad loss indeed....

Spamcan

I concur with what Spamcan says.

Tom was a great controller and a tenacious defender of the Ts&Cs through the union. A very sharp mind which was far superior in knowledge to the majority of people he worked alongside.

Not one to suffer fools gladly, Toms' only failing was that he sometimes 'let off steam' before he thought his actions through.

That said, his treatment 18 months ago was shoddy and was done by management in a bid to flex muscle and shake things up - certainly the heavy handed-ness was not managements finest hour, but unfortunately it followed a few very poor management decisions around the same time from the watch in question.

Toms' professionalism shone through the episode though and the work he did in his new role and the way he got on with his job made the difference between his integrity and the integrity of management even more visible.

RIP

I worked with Tom in his blue-suit days and although we did not see eye-to-eye all the time he never bore a grudge and even in those early days he had a very sharp wit. He was a cracking controller who gave aircrew a really good service - even if his preferred method of co-ordination was "Get out of my way"!
After years of knowing what he was up to but not keeping in touch, I spent a week with him in France last year and he hadn't changed. More mellow but still a genuine guy. Why do the good guys go early!

Tom and I worked together at West Drayton. We got on well and I personally enjoyed his sometimes "brutal" honesty, others (mostly the managers of the time) did not.

Like many other "good" guys, he's gone too soon.

Very saddened.

BEX

I first met Tom at his first ATC unit, RAF Marham, he was a pilot officer, a nice guy too. The strong character was there to see. He will be missed, there are not enough strong characters left in ATC.

I worked with Tom about 12 years ago at West Drayton. Enjoyed our 'chats' about Prods and Catholics. He was always great craic, a great loss to ATC. I believe his wife was from Derry. Sad news :uhoh:

Real shock. Worked with Tom in the CASOR 1991 to 1997 (days of the real LJAO warriors), a great character he will be sadly missed. Condolences to his family.

RIP Tom

Pie

A top bloke if there ever was one - RIP Tom

I understand that Tom's funeral will be on Friday in Edinburgh. I can't be there. Goodbye Mr Angry.

A I

I wonder if a representative from NATS management will be there??

He was a superb chief, taking no sh1t from anyone!!

I'm led to believe that Chris Foster, DGM from Swanwick will be present.

A I

Tom Marshall
 

I can't believe this. I met Tom at Eastern in 1980 and we've been friends ever since. His last e-mail to me was 4 weeks ago saying he was coming to my daughters christening. What a waste of a wonderful man.

Tom was a great guy and will be missed. I was lucky enough to work and drink with him. I'm sorry that I cannot go to his funeral. RIP mate. AYE

RIP to a great colleague.
many of us were lucky enough to see him at his best on watch, we need more like him to put management back in their place.
he was treated like !!!!e due to more horrendous management.

my fondest memories were of a certain stag do a couple of years ago in germany.... bloody brilliant.

come back and visit our ops room any time old chap.

KL