Since everyone was kind enough to give me their opinion on 'life as a controller', i'm now looking for some further advice. I'm trying to decide whether i wld rather work in area or approach. I've been told by NATS that i can make the request but its not guaranteed. Even still, i'd like to make the correct request.
I've already made a visit to area which i thought was great, but to be honest, when i made a tower visit and was sitting up in the visual control room - i thought it was amazing. It really highlight what your job was actually involving. During my visits to both area and approach, i heard a lot of pro's and con's from both sides (e.g job security, salary, pace of work, etc) but i'd like to hear it again from all the controllers out there to help me make my final decision.
For all the area controllers out there though, i think you should that so far i'm definitely leaning towards tower unless you can persuade me otherwise!!!
Whatever stream i end up going down - can't wait to join you all. Its going to be brilliant.
