DP back to the future in Tops eh?
I am working with 4 ex-Tops guys that have arrived here in the last 12 months, 1 on the way another making serious inquiries, there are 4 in Germany and 1 more in Luxembourg. Granted you can't compare Brisvegas lifestyle to the pit but a sh#t load of money, decent roster and compulsory (you must acquit each year) 8 weeks leave a year goes someway towards making up for it.
Don't get me wrong folks I love working Air Traffic Control, but think long and hard about a career with AsA. The first 5 years in Byron Area Radar group before the Ansett collapse were great, the next 5 years in Tops were soul destroying.
As trainees you also have to contend with the unacceptably high failure rates in the field, a couple of my mates that didn't pass have struggled to come to terms with it many years after. Use a good controlling technique make sure you have a plan B.
