Doesn't happen nowadays but even during training and before my final posting after graduation, I did field training at places as far apart as Glasgow, Sumburgh,(Shetlands), Preston and Lindholme, (a large joint civil/military radar unit near Doncaster) as well as attending the various rating courses at the College which in those days was at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, while my home at the time was in South Bucks.
You have to accept the fact you're 'mobile' with NATS and will need to go wherever they send you, whereas with ANS you might be a Gatwick or Edinburgh and if you pay for your own training with someone like Global, you will need to 'hawk' your services around the various non NATS ATSUs, plus other ANSPs like SERCO, Airwork and Safeskys who you will often find won't employ you unless and until you have a bit of actual operational experience.
Last edited by chevvron; 18th Aug 2018 at 08:57.