They come ...they eventually learn the ropes ...they promise .... their hands are all mostly tied ...then they leave ...then the whole cycle starts again ad nausia ....etc etc ... in the mean time the "Bradshaw Clones" are left to run the place further into the ground ...
(Apparently Mr Norval's the Manager ATS's CV is floating around Dubai/Middle East looking for nesting ground) ......Shame on u ATNS ....10-15 years have gone by since the great "trek" out of the DCA/ATNS started and you still have'nt solved the same old issues ...
- Yes you probably cannot match Middle Eastern salaries ....although having said that, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the UK seem to have made a valiant effort ...thus the need for an increase in the Middle East to keep getting controllers.
- But you can match Internationally accepted working hours, max time in chair guidelines etc. Example no longer than 2-2.5hrs in position then at least 30min break (in most cases it's an hour break) . 2 x morrning 2 X Aft and 2 X night shifts ..sleep day and then three off ... This you can match ...and should have by now....
- You are the only ATS company in the world that requires curent ICAO rated/validated ATCO's to re-write a string of exams when they return to their "Home" country ...???????? or if they come to work there as an Expat ATCO ..
.(very few Expats do come...i wonder why) . On that topic ....if you want Expat controllers .....buy a few dozen Town houses on a decent secure compound for the Expats and your ATC's to stay in (it'll b a good investment) and lay on transport, schooling allowance, water and electricity, ticket back to point of hire per year, as part of the contract then u might get some more interest from the Int first world ATCO's.
Come on ATNS get it right now PLEASE !!!!!!! Last chance !!!!!!!