TATC
one can re apply after x amount of years if one has failed a rating course. Whether one is employed as an ATSA should be neither here nor there as long as the pre requisite (x) number of years have passed.
I for one think we should be looking to ATSAs to apply; they might not make it, but i reckon the pass rate percentile would be higher than for the same number of people just off the street. And the ATSAs would have a bit more insight into ATC, something the new course structures do not, sadly, allow students to achieve.
However, I am sure Barron et al would be against ATSAs applying as they would go to the college on their current pay, hence an ex ATSA trainee would cost more than a £10k + sell the Big Issue to stay alive, off the street trainee.
And therein lies the crux of the problem methinks - management short term outlook - money over results
