ghost-rider, and all other genuinely concerned pilots......
I'm afraid Bex is right. The staff shortage is only going to get worse, not better, even with the hard work of our colleagues at the ATC College in Bournmemouth.
The main reason IS, you see............the retirement bulge is JUST about to happen. And there are a LOT who are going to retire early.........
And one of the reasons is because they are FED UP TO THE BACK TEETH WITH NATS MANAGEMENT.....(and tired of being treated like third class citizens by the aforementioned)