Originally Posted by
Rwy1234
IMHO the best route in. By the time they start day 1 at college they already have a shed load of experience. And for a unit to sponsor their staff, they must have a fairly high degree of confidence that it will be a successful outcome.
I completely agree with this. I'm currently an ATSA and the experience has been invaluable. I'm going to NATS now but the unit I'm at do train up their ATSAs to become ATCOs so it's a great place to start. There are quite a few ATSA jobs being advertised at the moment I believe, I'd look in to it