Of course it isn't wise, but it's a great way to haemorrhage money - which is why we do it! NATS management are always on the lookout for ways to get rid of bucketloads of money for no return.
The same was true for our course; everyone who was chopped (nobody was binned before the end of ADC) is now working as a controller outside NATS. There is even one chap who left NATS, validated (with no problems, I understand), and now works for NATS again (getting paid more that I do, I may add!) as we took over that particular contract!!
Remember, this could all change soon as the college moves to single rating courses. It's almost as if they've admitted they were wrong all along....
Last edited by 1261; 5th July 2002 at 08:05.