ATCO: knowing it's for you
I've been wondering about a career as an ATCO on-and-off for quite some time but have never done anything about it. I'm currently in IT, which pays the bills, but I can't help wondering about making the leap. Do NATS have open days, or other recruitment events? (I can't see anything on their site.) Ideally I'd like to find out a bit more about the job and lifestyle to decide if it's for me but it seems the websites are about the limit of the information going. Perhaps just applying and seeing what happens is the way to go?
When and how did you realise you wanted to be an ATCO? Is the fact that I'm uncertain an indication that it's not for me?