ANS v NATS
I notice Air Navigation Solutions are advertising for trainee ATCOs at the moment. The timing isn't right for me to apply this time around but hopefully will be next year, which got me thinking - would people recommend ANS compared to NATS?
- With NATS you could end up anywhere (eg, area or aerodrome in London, Aberdeen or anwhere in between) whereas ANS is only LGW / EDI and all aerodrome/approach (I think?). Obviously if you desperately want to avoid London/Edinburgh then NATS might be the better option but if not, ANS offers a little more certainty.
- NATS have a long track record of training newbies and developing their careers, how do ANS compare in this regard?
- Job security is probably higher at NATS but then again a validated ATCO is unlikely to struggle to find work if the worst happened
Any thoughts? Clearly neither are bad options