Ghostuk ....firstly paying for a course with ASTAC may not be worthwhile, as most ATC providers train in-house. I would send a cv or phone every SATCO in the uk you can, even nats units as you may find a vacancy they might be interested in giving an interview for. There is a lot of employing directly from the airfield they serve but you never know. Its a good path to go through if the unit sponsors you through as an atco if you decide to go down that path. As for NATS, biggest problem is they are currently trying to shed staff on voluntary redundancy so unlikely to be a post. Pay for an atsa in nats is 24k+ reaching the dizzy scales of 46k(grade dependant) Other units generally cannot match this and pay is less. Good luck
