BO - I was in a similar position with regards to informing my employer and getting a reference from them. I needed to know that as many ticks were in the right boxes as possible before I gave NATS permission to contact them so that I could tell them that I'm leaving.
They still haven't taken up my employer reference but they told me that it was all that they are waiting for.
As for us English yes we need to keep things up, looks like there are lots of Scots on the course, I'm sure that's going to make for plenty of friendly pub banter. That's as long as there are no Lancastrians on the course
