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Old 15th Jan 2011, 14:23
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Bern Oulli
 
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I've been in ATC now for 44 years now, and, one way or another, helping to train aspiring young ATCO trainees for some time. I still don't know what makes an ATCO. If I did I would bottle it and make a fortune. I can sometimes tell quite early on in the training who will not/should not become an ATCO, but I have been wrong sometimes. I have a theory that those who have qualifications in the arts as opposed to the sciences are more likely to become good controllers, but that may be total hogwash. I also have theory that a higher percentage of ATC graduates are left-handed. Make of that what you will.

In short, the only predictor is the assessment process, the system cannot yet tell you your fortune.
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