No. of operational ATCO's in the UK
I am just wondering out of interest if anybody would know approximately how many operational ATCO's there currently are in the UK? Given that NATS employs around 5000 staff I would have assumed that half of that figure is made up of ATCOs and ATSA' s and the rest comprise Engineers and support staff. Then there are the controllers working at non-NATS units, oh and of course there are the Military controllers aswell.
I would have thought that compared to other professions, the number employed in ATC is relatively small.
Last edited by classicwings; 26th Sep 2008 at 16:53.