Originally Posted by
Number2
Another sweeping judgement by DwB after 11 lines of text. Bra just said he failed initial testing with NATS - how do you come to the conclusion that he would be better suited in civvy street?!
I agree with DwB. Cant speak for hisher? rationale in arriving at this conclusion but mine is this... Bra wants to be a controller! Simple.
There is no mention of his burning desire to fight for the queen, sit in a dusty bunker or be beasted for weeks on end through Officer training at Cranwell.
Bra, if you want to join the RAF then do so. My advice, for what it's worth, is that using the RAF to get the career you want (which you wouldn't exactly get) would be fool hardy and you could find yourself in a very unhappy place. That said, to keep me out of the firing line of pro' RAF brigade, and the argument balanced, you could have the time of your life!
If you have the time of your life though, it will be down to being in the RAF and not because you are a controller in the RAF!
Plug on with NATS and Eurocontrol for now... Good luck mush, it's a great ride!
PS, I failed initial NATS tests too but subsequently loved working for them. Second application gets you alot of brownie points for commitment!