mr 777
Ok - some facts to answer your (in my case anyway) totally unjustified comments
At the end of the day I don't suppose you care about any of this because cutting the cost for trainees is paying for your pay rise.
1 - I don't work for NATS, so I'm not paying for your 'shortfall'
2 - I was 34 when I did my courses, having been made redundant from the RAF (not quite the straight out of uni / no commitments persona).
3 - I was also getting divorced, and getting screwed in that department (ex-wife and two kids)
4 - I was risking
my money with
NO income
5 - On succesful completion of the course I didn't actually have a job - that was the next hurdle. (On succesful completion you will have one.)
So - before going in for my final sim session my thought was: "If I fail this I've got no money, no home, no career - in short - I'm screwed!" No pressure -
much!
Care to change your assessment of me?