Thanks again for all the info Daermon, much appreciated!* I take it then, from your overall attitude, that you would be more than willing to escape abroad if the opportunity arose?
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Just wondering also, if FerroNATS fail to get enough transferring ATCOs from Aena and fail to poach enough ATCOs from NATS or wherever, could a similar overtime situation return?* (thus boosting overall salaries - and hours worked - of those remaining controllers brave enough to stick it out).* Or would those student cadets (unlucky enough not able to escape and get work elsewhere abroad) be trained in to fill the shortfall, regardless of their ability/performance?
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Regarding the quieter airports, (although I know this is fast-forwarding 5-10 years from now), I reckon any which has less than 50,000 annual movements (of which there are currently a lot in Spain) would be vulnerable to Remote Virtual Tower (RVT) technology, and the resultant significant number of job losses that it involves... albeit bringing a huge financial saving to whatever contractor is then in charge.* Anyway, thats another day's topic!