ATC Application

[AP]

Just sent of my ATC form last week and got a postcard back saying we have received your form and will be in touch soon. Is this common practice? Does anyone know how long i now have to wait till i hear from them?

Thanks

[cb9002]

Couple of months for me. Applied in March, first assessment in June, second in September with about a months notice for each asessment. NATS recruitment have been very friendly and helpful to me, but S...L...O...W...

I don't know how this compares to other people.

[Departures Beckham]

I sent off my application in mid-October and it took about a week for the postcard to arrive. It took about three/four weeks to receive a letter advising of first interview/testing day, which was in a further two months.

Good luck!

[foghorn]

Applied in September, postcard came back a couple of weeks later, acceptance came through late November for a mid-Jan interview, can't make the interview, o alternative offered yet.

good luck!
foggy.

[WX Man]

CB9002... Eurocontrol's is a bit faster.

I applied to NATS in October (2001), and got Aptitude Testing just before Christmas.

I applied to Eurocontrol in November, got Aptitude Testing at the beginning of December, Interview in mid January and offered a start date of March (2002). It was only after that that I heard back from NATS re. their tests! I was offered an interview, but unforunately couldn't attend as I was in Luxembourg at the time...

[cb9002]

Hey WX, nice! Do you speak anything except English? I thought speaking nothing but English in Brussels didn't appeal too much.

[WX Man]

Well that's perfect, because you'd never have to work in Brussels. Try Maastricht! Oh, and Luxembourg for 8-9 months too.

I can speak a bit of Dutch, mainly because I used to go out with a Dutch girl (before I even applied to Eurocontrol). I learnt Dutch because I wanted to impress her... didn't bloody work though. To hell with it, that's in the past now. I speak a bit of French (which came in jolly handy sometimes in Luxembourg). German will alse be slightly useful in Luxembourg.

In Maastricht, everyone speaks English. But sooner or later everyone learns Dutch.

[Scott Voigt]

WxMan;

Well almost everyone speaks English in Maastricht <G>... I know of one bus driver that doesn't... Took me a few kilometers before I figured that I was going the wrong way <G>.....

regards

[Dances with Boffins]

I had the same problem trying to make myself understood last time I was in Fort-Worth. Maybe I should have tried Dutch there. Happy New Year y'all. :D :D

[Scott Voigt]

You probably needed either spanish or eubonics <G>...

Happy New Year