MiradoBlackWarrior

1.) Has your body suffered any permanent damage?

2.) Will you continue to ride motorcycles?

Long ago didn't you say you would revise it and repoll it after zeah release?

Not OP, not entirely sure if UK operates the same as the US but..

• Normally very busy facilities in both Terminal and En Route have highly seasoned controllers that received their certifications somewhere less busy and stepped up to a jammin' place such as Heathrow. Starting inexperienced trainees at very busy facilities leads to high attrition rate and wasted time/efforts so you won't find newbies at the highest tempo airports.

• If you're referring RADAR displays controllers have, it works in the US as follows; the Beacon code/squawk issued by clearance is tied into the flight plan submitted into the NAS (national airspace system). The transponder/Mode-C will display a data tag with information such as the a/c's callsign, airframe type, quantity (if in a flight), altitude, speed, weight class, equipment suffix, sometimes destination airport, whose control they're under and some more optional things such as a/c trails, projected heading and distance from another specific a/c. The displays show heaps other airspace, terrain/area and weather information as well.

• Breaks are directly correlated to manning and qualifications [the latter more of a Radar facility issue]. One thing that could be attributed to you hearing more voices other than just crew relief is training. Trainees plug into a port that can be overridden by the instructor or supervisor. Additionally, depending on the facility/workload, the watch supervisor can key up over any frequency and assist (i.e. ground control talking to emergency response vehicles off frequency on a FM-net). Team concept and crew resource management are big aspects of busy facilities. Typically busier facilities tend to have higher manning and get more breaks to avoid long periods of sustained workload. Could be a break every 1 or 2 hours, but in the case of 24/7 or undermanned facilities you can pull 10 hour shifts with no "breaks."

Hope I answered some questions adequately for ya.

I remember you guys had him mic'd up for practice a few years back. He got stung by a bee and asked along the line of, "What, do I pee on it or something?" Hilarious.