Meanwhile the actual number of ATC cadets has increased over the last 5 years....
Cadet numbers fell slightly 2014->2015.
ATC 2013 33,490
ATC 2014 33,590
ATC 2015 33,370
The real drop is in staff numbers, which have fallen more heavily.
ATC CFAV 2013 12,080
ATC CFAV 2014 10,430
ATC CFAV 2015 9,900
To summarize then, SINCE the gliding pause, numbers of cadets and staff HAVE dropped, (like all of us at the coal-face keep saying), DESPITE the organisation lowering the entry age to attract more cadets!
Now that deserves one of those sad face things that go at the end messages!