Sorry Vlad, but the quantity of baking being applied at Hurn is precisely what was agreed with the units themselves. If CATC is only being tasked with training to a minimum standard then it is for all you good people to apply the rest. We don't give aerodrome ratings to area controllers anymore as it was considered a waste of time. This of course now means that the poor wee buggers are 6 months younger [in ATC experience] by the time they get to you. They've also lost any OJT that they used to have during the CATC course, so they are arriving at [insert unit here] pretty wide-eyed and shell-shocked. You may therefore have to provide some additional "I can't believe they don't know this.." training compared to previous CATC training regimes [post-RGAT; the pre-RGAT stuff really
was Basic]. You will find that a lot of the stuff that is reported as "They never told us that.." can be re-classified as "They told us that but I have forgotten it..".
Short answer is that if you want it trained at the College, your Unit has to ask for it, and pay for it. At the moment the balance has swung to the Units pretty hard. It is for y'all to team up and push back...
As for the no-shows, you really should try not to believe rumours. 'specially 'round 'ere!
