How many people apply for the cadetship every year? Out of all these people how many are invited for a interview? How many are successful? How many more could be successful with a bit of private tuition? Believe me I am not naive nor is my colleague who may be setting this up. It is not being done by "some bloke", it is being done by highly qualified professionals. The market is not for fully qualified qualified atcos or student atcos but merely to help inexperienced candidates attain more knowldge than required to help them to get through the final stages. How many colleges now offer pre training? loads. How many offer interview techniques? loads. If I failed my inteview because someone next to me had paid a small amount of money and passed then I would be gutted, and wished that I had done the same thing.
Unfortunately in a commercial world, businesses are run by money. In my view if you want to succeed then sometimes you have to sacrifice. To be the best and get ahead of your peers you have to work harder. To say that all the information NATS send you is enough to pass the interview is incorrect. When you get better candidates with more knowledge at the interview then these are the ones I would employ. Also means less failure rate at the college for NATS.
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