@ fisbang
we would not have been shafted over our pension!
Ha - I'll see your pension & raise you an upped retirement age - twice !!
IMHO the real tragedy with all these cuts is the experience that is being wasted - the ones with the most seem to be the first to go. I can see why, but it bodes ill for the future.
I actually agree with ZOOKER when he said
As for 'human ********'s involved in ATCO selection, no wonder validation rates are low.
Get back to the 3 year cadetship - we lost only 3 from the College on my course & none who graduated failed to validate their first posting. OK I know it would cost a lot but how much money goes down the pan when someone with hundreds of hours at a Centre is chopped ?
[Grumpy old git + tumbleweed mode off - GO!]