Having many years ago attended a course at Boulmer, I was very surprised how 'advanced' fighter controllers are. Granted, their 'controlling' skills are poor (from past experience), but their knowledge and experience of 'the real world' (i.e. Ops) is immense. In a world where airspace is paramount, those who 'control it' win it. My advice to you is to join the 'dark side'. Sorry, but ATC is an extremely insular branch that has been far too up its own a*s* for many years and FC's have stolen a march on the ATC fraternity. ATC needs to professionally branch out into the real (read 'operational') military world.
