ATM
Not sure what the situ is in your neck of the woods (apart from scrapping your air force, which I guess could restrict the number of planes you get to control
) but it's not so great here.
Duck has told you a bit about OpsO, I know a little about ATC.
Career opportunities are there for ATCO's but as usual, it's a case of watch out for knives in the back - I deliberately chose not to convert to controller and one of the principle reasons was the environment. JO's do get more of a crack of the whip, cos they need em to be supervisors (as opposed to SNCO's) but getting a SATCO job one day is pretty tricky.
The only other thing I heard a while back - which has some merit financially - is the rumour that they might be looking to reduce officer posts in favour of SNCO's - quite simply cos they're cheaper in the long run. I emphasise that's a rumour and haven't seen any evidence.
There's a lot of penny-pinching in the company today and my best suggestion would be convert to civvy ATC or look elsewhere - perhaps USAF or CAF ? If you really want to come here, my money would be on OpsO, but only cause it HAS to get better - not cause it is much right now.
Ultimate suggestion would be head for the beach, crack a beer, get a barbie going and chuckle at our unfortunate existences !