ATCO - WILLING AND AVAILABLE
If there's such a shortage of ATCOs out there in the UAE, then why is it so hard for some of us guys here in the UK to get a job out there?
What's with this 5 years experience at a busy civilian airport requirement all about - if the locally recruited and trained ATCOs are capable of validating (without ANY previous experience) then any ATCO, who has previously validated his/her ratings at a unit, would already be in a better position, surely?
Seems to me that the best way to reduce the ATCO shortage in the UAE would be to be more flexible with the required experience and treat each applicant on his/her individual merits.
There you go, problem solved...NEXT!