Originally Posted by
Nimmer
She didn't make it!!! Just sayin that's all!!!
That's a pity, I always got on well with her.
Mind you I shouldn't be surprised as 3 other people I knew over the years went to Gatwick; 1 succeeded and the other 2 came back to Farnborough having 'failed'.
There was another who had a 'compulsory' posting there during the 'station downgrading' phase of the '80s/90s. For those unaware, long before 'Bands 1 to 5' were invented, NATS decided that most medium/small airfields shouldn't have ATCO 2s as the 'working' grade but they should be ATCO 3s, so those '2s on the unit either had to agree to a downgrade or get a posting to an ATCO 2 post.
This particular person refused to do either (he wasn't the only one in NATS either) and was first given a compuslory posting to Gatwick. I forget what happened but he returned to Farnborough from where he was given a 'compulsory' to CATC.