Originally Posted by
airac
Not the oldest but joined ATC as an ATCA 3 (Board of trade then) January 12th 1970 . Controller since 1986 ,my last working shift will be Sat 25th November 47yrs 317 days.
Not a bad run :-)
ATCA 3 wef Mar '69, then ATCO cadet Sep '71 becoming ATCO Sep '74; retired as ATCO Nov 2008 so (roughly) 49 1/2 years in NATS, then 9 years FISO to date.