One picture is worth 1,000 words. Well this one certainly is.
The day I started at CATC was one of the best days of my life. Not only because my 'careers teacher' told me it was beyond my ability to get there, but on that day I met some pretty amazing people. On day 1, I remember seeing this display, showing the nations that had sent their students to Hurn for ATC training. That instilled a sense of pride, because not only had I been invited to study there, but countless nations had sent students there also.
Recently I read with great sadness that the current NATS training facility can't even meet the demand to train it's own ATC staff, (let alone those of other nations), and sends students to sub-contractors in Gloucester and Jerez to meet capacity.....Or lack of it.
What on Earth is going on? Why have we 'lost the plot' in a field we once lead The World in?