And what’s the alternative like then…? Exactly self fund or the sponsorship route.
Both were out of the question for me. I wanted to become an ATCO and the only viable way for me was through NATS. I’m not saying it was easy and money wasn’t tight and paying double rent effectively meant I had to work part time at weekends and bank holidays to get it, but it was something I wanted!! A career that’s well paid and stable with no major entry qualifications…certainly beats my old job where I could earn £30-35k for 5 days a week of 12 hours work a day. Possibly getting upto £50k if I was going to do 6 days and work myself into the ground. No thanks!
Plenty have been through the colleges and made it work and I doubt many have regretted it.