The powers that be have decided in their wisdom that ATC will be contracted out to either NATS or SERCO.
There are a number of reasons, not least that the airport has never run its own atco training scheme and now finds itself in the position of having a number of iminent age related retirements, along with the ineviatble possibility of medical related retirements.
We are a tower/approach procedural/approach radar unit, but under Nats radar could be "centralised" within 3 years.
Given that NATS seems hell bent on creating a huge divide between it's area units and airport only atcos, I am seeking honest opinions as to if we would be better off working for SERCO as their prime contract in Europe, or working for NATS as initially the full works, but eventually as they do at SS,LL,KK,GW etc.
Sarcasm and the opinons of old farts who are out of touch with the real world are not required thank you.
