That may be the theory but in Spain this means the cousin, son, brother, neighbor, etc, etc of those that do the selection will get the job. In any case the present system is plainly not working as it produces a large number of controllers of very low quality. In some cases due to a poor attitude.
Same goes for pilots too. There are many dynasties of Spanish pilots and even worse - lazy sons of very rich people pretending to be pilots.
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