Originally Posted by
DC10RealMan
Heres a radical solution!, there is or will be a surplus of ATSAs so instead of recruiting new staff from outside nats why not give the surplus ATSAs a go at becoming controllers if they so wish. They surely cannot do any worse than the existing students, after all controlling is hardly rocket science is it.
I don't think it's particularly radical but it would certainly have my support.
Give me a keen atsa over a uni graduate who doesn't know one end of an aeroplane to another and who is attracted just by the salary any day of the week.