"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
So you feel that ATC failing to perform duties REQUIRED by
regulations/orders is a good thing?

Would I rather have controllers sitting at a desk doing reports or working a
station splitting work with other controllers? They are allowed a certain
number of hours to work. The FAA isn't hiring enough controllers to account
for the current staffing shortages and it will get worse. If a controller is
filling out paperwork, that controller isn't working aircraft. Which is
safer?

Perhaps the requirement is what needs to be changed.

There are times when ATC has discretion in reporting an incident. The
reporting of NMACs isn't one of them. The subject incident was
clearly an attempt to cover up ATC incompetence.

A newer thread has quite a discussion on this subject. On some things we
agree and on others we don't. A NMAC is serious. The current limitations on
controllers' judgement are ludicrous.

D.