Hi all,
Haven't been to Bournmouth for 15 years now. from what I can remember its work, work , work. Even the sessions in the Seagull were talking about work. Never mind once you pass your exams you can come into the real world and throw all the B#####cks behind you. Real planes, real pilots, real ATC it's brilliant. If you can, go Approach if you go Area then you will be tied to NATS with only three work places, Swanwick, OK, Prestwick, always raining but good golf and Manchester, soon to move to either Swanwick or Scotland. Work hard and if you get a choice then Approach is the best bet. This is only my opinion and I've worked both Area and Approach. Nowadays you probably will not get the choice as there are a lot of younger people working Approach and NATS will not recruit for this rating as they do not need them. They will need Approach controllers in the next 5 years but they cannot see that far ahead. GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN!