Like Chicken Lips I too have the desire to move on and for pretty much the same reasons.(we work in the same place) I have the added desire of working in Canada as I spent a year working and living in BC and loved every minute of it and would give my left one to get back there. I shouldn't have left in the first place but getting married simply to get landed status wasn't an attractive option at the time.
Starting to think differently now. (want to help me out xward?) Seriously I have checked out Nav Canada's site and it appears that achieving landed status would prove the biggest impediment to landing an ATC job. Rumour has it that Nav Canada will be 1500 controllers short over the next couple of years. Will this shortage give ATC the critically manned criteria which usually allows Immigration and Naturalisation Service to grant landed status to those foriegners seeking employment in this area?
I would be most interested in hearing from any ATCO's in Canada particularly those in BC. I can be reached at
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By the way how are the Canucks and BC Lions going this season. I was there at BC Place when the Lions beat Baltimore 26-23 on the last play of the game in '94. Fantastic stuff. I was also there to watch the Canucks amazing trip to the Stanley Cup Final only to be pipped by the Rangers. Also lived downtown when the subsequent riots occured. Not so fantastic stuff! Can still smell the tear gas.