G'day one and all.
I thought it was time to start a new thread to collate rumor and information about/for those Trainee Air Traffic Controllers who think they might be starting in Bournemouth September2005.
According to an email from back in June I'm provisionally on this course and now with a Class 1 (ATCO) medical certificate to my name I'm hoping this means I'll be down there next month. However, as anyone who reads this forum regularly can gather NATS is sparse with the details up until the last minute and pestering HR is something best done once you have a signed contract or better still a valid licence. With that in mind here's over to the PPRune ATC community for some constructive rumor and information sharing. Here's my chronology:
First applied Aug 2003 - got to interview stage early 2004, HR interviewer had a broken foot or something and so missed out on that part and subsequently told I'd not got through. Reapplied Sept 2004, tests Jan 2005, interviews (incl. HR) Feb 2005, told sucessful Mar 2005, Medical Apr 2005, certified Jun 2005...and now waiting to start the best job in the world!!
and what I have gathered from other posts:
- The September course will most likely be for Area and Airports at a ratio of 4:1. Which discipline is not predetermined
- The June course was delayed from the beginning of the month and started June 27th
- The June course initial 13 weeks ends on Sept 26th when the next one will likely start.
- Most of the June people were given one months notice
- There are round about 30 people on any one course
- The induction week takes place at a conference centre called New place in Hampshire see:
http://www.initialstyle.co.uk/venues/index.php?venue=44
Other useful threads:
June/September Courses -
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...hreadid=158825
DEC 05 Start -
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...hreadid=181438
Pay at ATC college(Particularly for Dances with Boffins's notes on course structure) -
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...hreadid=167795
Maybe someone like Dances with Boffins could confirm what's happening with course 205 (Sept)?? and when we might get confirmation
In the mean time lets use this thread to bring all us September expectees together. I'm 24 and from a mainly IT background. Originally from the North West, I went to uni in London and stayed there for a few years. I've spent a few months this year dispatching at EGGP before moving down to Warwickshire to live with my fiancee and temp till this thing kicks off.
OB1