conversions
Howdy,
well they did need some training but the common thing done here is to squeeze them with the ab-initio courses half way through. Basically, if you start from the bottom you do so at the institute in luxembourg -as I did- and that lasts about 9 months. Then you continue the training in Maastricht -some advanced theory like getting to know the system, advance sim on the specific sectors, sector learning, etc...- and the OJT. The conversion people would start already in Maastricht, so they skip all the basic theory like met, nav, atc's abc, etc...
Just a little extra: even though it may not say much on the web we have more cases of conversions; they do exist-even though they would amount to around 5% of the total bodycount and that's an educated guess though-. However they're mostly european: we have ppl coming from austria, belgium, german mil atc, scandinavians (they were working middle east when hooked up and, talking about mobility, may be leaving for scandiland shortly).
My personal opinion: different destinations are allways possible, as long as you don't get too "picky". Just last year SA, NZ, Ozzyland were on the table and this year -if you speak danish...- copenhaguen is(was?) available.
Just keep eyes open and be ready to jump...so to speak.
Greets from neverland,
A.