The problem with Belgian ATC management and/or board is that they allow people like you to work as ATC. You are a real danger because decisions from people like you -who clearly cannot handle stress- may kill people. You should advise your supervisor asap that you are unsuitable for the job - although technicall( (computerwise) qualified. Hence your nice salary. "Feeling tired", you say? Then please immediately call yourself off. I don't want to be guided by such an ATC. We need people who love the job and who accept that not every aspect from their job is sit back and relax, like unability to enjoy lunch at a restaurant at their work.RadarContact wrote:In the meantime the approach controller, who's working his twentyfifth day in a row, is thinking about his little daughter who kept him awake all night as she had a fever. She's not the only one who's ill. Three colleagues called in ill today, no wonder with this kind of weather. As a consequence there's just not enough staff today, so breaks are shortened or no longer existing. Thirty minutes to eat should be sufficient , including the ten minutes walk to and from the restaurant. Still eight aircraft in the holding and some more are on their way. If only this fog would lift. He's feeling tired. After this one only three days of duty and then his first day off. He hopes his daughter is feeling better by then. It's just a pity that he has to work ten days in a row after that day off. He wonders why nobody seems to be outraged about this situation. He has worked a few hours for free this year to attract attention, there's been a small strike and a few threats to go on strike but nobody seems to care. The only outcome was people outraged about holidays which started with a delay and companies losing money. He just hopes nothing happens due to a tired controller. Wait a minute, he's a tired controller. He's got to keep his focus. Still three days to go...
If you're referring to me: I wasn't referring to my holiday and it was not about "a holiday starting with a delay": it was about a group of tourists who's overseas holiday is totally spoiled because your 2 hour strike turned out to be 4 hour delay for their add on flight, leaving them stuck internationally with a delay of 4 days. Because airlines don't upgrade them and airlines don't overbook them. Priority waitlisted, that's all they've got. As a result, they'RadarContact wrote:The only outcome was people outraged about holidays which started with a delay and companies losing money. He just hopes nothing happens due to a tired controller. Wait a minute, he's a tired controller. He's got to keep his focus. Still three days to go...
So next time you're want to cause sh.t, please announce it a few days in advance, thus giving touroperators time to limit the damage for tourists. Because, after all, they are the only ones paying our salaries. But then, you are probably so unionminded that you are unable to understand this.
