Lomon,
You are quite right, this is a rumour network, it says so at the top of the page.
Obviously intelligent discussion is forbidden here. The thread started as a speculative rumour, this is the rumour network isn't it? The guys who routinely fly E3 sorties were speculating on what skills an Air Traffic Controller would bring to to an E3 crew.
I think you will find that the guys (and gals) who fly the E-3 were not speculating about what, if anything, an ATCO can bring to the aircraft as a Surveillance Operator. They already know that as an SO he will have no controller type function, so the main experience he will bring to the aircraft will be as an ex dryman on Nimrods. Perhaps in time his ATCO experience will be of benefit as an SC or TD, but as an SO it is very limited. It is the others that are speculating what he will bring to the aircraft.
IGAT
Frankly, I think that anyone from most trades in the RAF could do the SO job
The dogs maybe, but not their handlers
Y_G