The four intakes per year take a number of Airports or Area Trainees purely depending on how many of each NATS wants/needs. The College has an annual commitment to achieve and the intake is adjusted to meet this. If all the airports guys failed on the preceding couple of courses, then there will be more sent that way on subsequent courses to make up for the shortfall.
If there are more wanting to go airports on a course than NATS wants, simpel answer is "tough". The company needs a lot more Area than Airports controllers, so the majority of new entrants go Area.
Last edited by Dances with Boffins; 28th Feb 2006 at 12:07.