Originally Posted by
Blueskythinking65
Wow. Some sweeping statements there. When was the last time anyone died in uk from ATC mistake? And from when I first started in Air Traffic ( over 35 years ago ) the valid controllers have always said the new intakes weren’t as good as the previous and that they’d never validate. I do hope that none of the new trainees have the misfortune to come across you if you are an instructor at your unit.
Well that’s it though isn’t it, the ones validating are good enough to make that the case.
The point is that not enough people are good enough and a big part of that is the application process. If you can only pass a test that’s not designed to be studied for by studying for it then you probably aren’t meant to pass it’s not rocket science.
The trainees now really aren’t of the same standard though. The application process itself was dumbed down with some of the more important but harder elements being removed to provide a wider ranger of trainees who possess other skills, that while important, won’t be enough on their own. It means that people who just aren’t good enough or people who study for the tests are getting a course and just wasting everyone’s time.
You only need to look on here at the number of people who can’t get a stage 3 date to see how many applicants are getting through the initial stages. Are you really trying to tell me that all of them are good enough?