Singapurcanac
I have to disagree.
Eurocontrol - Maastricht advertised on the website in December 2007. Interviews occurred in January & February 2008.
The 1st Course started on March 17, 2008. We expect this course to be OJT after the required lead-in period (ie. Simulator) in August 2008. We could expect on rough calculations that these people will be fully checked out with all endorsements by Summer 2009.
The 2nd Course starts 21 July*, 2008 & 3rd Course on 10 November*, 2008.
(* amended since last post)
With traffic levels, resources & ESARR 5 requirements as the biggest burden on training it is extremely unrealistic to expect that someone (even with previous experience) to be fully checked out in less than 12 months from the time they start.
These people are trained on top of the Ab Initio (student) intakes & with resources at a maximum, it is impossible to make any more efficiencies.The Conversion Controllers have already had their course streamlined.
Nobody in the world will checkout on a sector group that handles more than 600,000 movements per year ,in less than 9 months from the time they start. The earliest would be 12 months.
I think you will find the DFS is in the same boat.
Last edited by The Euronator; 4th Apr 2008 at 06:43.