wnd
NATS being the kind considerate employer that it is, would you believe that the first criteria is individual preference. If 5 want to go Airports, and the course is slated to provide 5 for Airports, then they are generally the ones who get it.
Life is never that simple but the course managers do make a genuine effort to send people where they want to go. It depends of course on where NATS actually need people. Some courses have more variety of potential destinations than others, but most will be sending at least 1 to LHR and one to another London airport. Probably another two or three to regional airports [they get both aerodrome and approach rating] and about 3 a year to LTCC [just the approach rating]. Everyone else, grab an Area rating and go to Swanwick/Prestwick/Camberwick.
There is some selection for the different post-aerodrome course destinations based on ability, but the initial streaming occurs after only 3 months, so there isn't much of a chance to select on ability. everyone learns at different speeds, so the whizz-kids at the start may be down to the bottom of the class by graduation time.
Best to arrive at CATC and hope to validate somewhere. Wherever it is, you will have a blast [even ABZ]
[sorry ABZ - ].
DwB
