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"A career in air traffic control? - Try the CD-ROM first
21st April 1999
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A new CD-ROM produced by National Air Traffic Services (NATS) brings the world of air traffic control to life on your personal computer screen: see how NATS safely handles over 1.8 million flights a year and find out if you are suited to join the world leaders.
The new CD-ROM, called Airspace, is aimed at students, teachers, careers advisers and parents. Through a state-of-the-art graphical interface, with video and audio clips, it offers a dynamic guide to the business and the qualities needed to become an air traffic controller or engineer.
Sections on the CD include:
24 hours in NATS: which takes the viewer through a whole day's operations with video clips to show controllers at work in some of the world's busiest air traffic control environments. It also shows how they are supported by engineering colleagues as well as the background work to ensure that NATS' customers receive the best possible service.
About NATS: explains in more detail how air traffic control works, including the terminology controllers use in passing instructions to pilots by radio.
It covers the way controllers progress a flight through UK airspace and how NATS takes advantage of the latest technology.
Career chooser: tells you the jobs now available in NATS and what the qualifications are. By asking the viewer a set of simple questions, it indicates to which task he or she most suited and explains how to apply.
The CD also provides details on the company's College of Air Traffic Control at Bournemouth and the College of Engineering Training at Highfield Park, Hampshire.
NATS recruitment manager, Andy Hutchinson, said:
"NATS is actively seeking new air traffic controllers and the CD will help us to explain the exciting world of air traffic control to many more potential candidates than we would previously have reached through more traditional methods."
He added: "Every year we recruit around 120 students to the College of Air Traffic Control. NATS is an expanding business and we need to continue to attract more young people to the profession."
For further information or copies of the CD, please contact the NATS Press Office on 020 7832 6330.
Notes to Editors: National Air Traffic Services provides the majority of the UK's air traffic control. It has air traffic control centres at West Drayton near Heathrow, Prestwick and Manchester and also provides services to the country's leading airports, including Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Stansted, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Belfast and Farnborough.
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Probably run out of them or used them all as coasters by now. Might be worth a try though.
Best Regards,
LXGB.