ATC at New Airports
I understand that a significant amount of the time spent training to be an ATCO is spent becoming validated for a particular airport. How is retraining undertaken when an airport changes site - I am thinking of the likes of Denver, Hong Kong & Munich? Can training for the new facility be undertaken by ATCOS whilst also undertaking duties at the old airport or would they be too busy for that so you would need to train new staff? Presumably you need a very good simulator for a new airport as you can't sit beside and learn from someone working at an airport that hasn't opened!