Im working towards becomming a civvy ATCO, however, was carrying out a bit of research into other possible careers should my application be unsuccessful. It will be another two years until i apply to NATS or EUROCONTROL by which point i will be in that position whereby joining the RAF as an FOA will probably be too much of a drop in my salary to consider. All the same, thank you very much for the information as it is always useful to keep my options open.