Problem is that there seems a reluctance from the colleges to actually chop those totally unsuited to ATC, they simply recommend them for further training at the unit and then the particular unit has to make the difficult decision to cease training.
Not true - it is not the task of the ITOs to decide that an individual is "unsuited to ATC". They have to make an assessment
based on the evidence as to whether a trainee is satisfactory or unsatisfactory at any particular stage of training on an approved course.
then the particular unit has to make the difficult decision to cease training. Unfortunately this may well be after spending hundreds of wasted OJTI hours,
As you say, a difficult decision - which apparently you expect the ITOs to make much earlier in the training process, when there may be a suspicion but little hard evidence. I suggest that the responsibility lies with the employer and its selection process - in the case of NATS, they make a big enough meal of it.
I wasn't exceptional; many controllers were able to adapt, it's just that the NATS training system nowadays,
We thought that you were! :-) It's not the
NATS training system - it's the European plus UK specified content for the rating course, whichever approved ITO provides it.
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