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Putting it briefly,
As I understand it we recruit continuously. The selection procedure is two stage - apitutde tests then an interviews at the second stage followed by a Class One medical. Not too sure about the lead in time to start a course.
Money - for the first 12-18 months at the college in Bournemouth, about £17,000, rising to £24K ish upon your first posting (called the Training and Development pay scale). After about two years at this sort of level you go onto the bottom of the appropriate ATCO grade for your location (LHR, LGW, MAN and the area centres being a higher grade than others) which is low £30,000s eventually rising to £45K+.
Posting locations other than the above - Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham, Cardiff, Belfast Aldergrove, Luton, Stansted, Southampton, Farnborough, and London City.
Should fine more info in the recruitment section on the NATS website
www.nats.co.uk .
Given the global shortage of ATCOs, no matter how bad a recession we are currently plunging into, job security should be much higher than in the airlines just now.
Hope this helps you.
