No, not really but not beyond the realms of possibility.
Sadly, weak unit management at Newcastle have gradually eroded terms and conditions over the years by advertising posts which are ADI/APS or ADI only, thereby allowing them to only pay the bare minimum for ADI atco's and the going rate or above to attract experienced atcos to go there for the APS task.
This negated the need for Newcastle to spend money each year on APS courses or even train their own ATSAs up to ATCO positions, previously they were famous for being inovators in this field, it appears sadly no more.
(Other units have also done this and subsequently been taken on by NATS, an airport on a hill in the SW of England comes to mind).
With the ATS management at Newcastle being ruled by a rod of iron from above, it is no suprise that no one in their right mind would want to go there.
As someone said earlier, it's a shame, because as someone previously said, at one time, Newcastle was a place to aspire to... not anymore...
