NATS interview process
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Have you logged into the Induction portal ("Boarding Pass") that you will have been sent a link to when you had the job offer? If you click on the hamburger menu icon in the top right there should be a link to "Learning" which has some stuff in it (at least it does for me, but YMMV).
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There are also some courses you can self enroll on for free on the Eurocontrol training site (they actually seem a bit more recent/higher quality than the NATS courses tf412 linked above!)
A few books I've seen recommended earlier in the thread:
Air Traffic Control by Graham Duke
Aircraft Recognition Guide by Janes
Air Pilots Manual vol 2: Air Law and Meteorology by Trevor Thom
Worth looking around at eBay and second-hand stores for those as you can get them for next to nothing.
There are also 2 ATC reference manuals that I believe we will use throughout the course. A bit dry on their own though, I think they should become more clear with the benefit of context from our lessons and teachers.
CAP 413 - Radiotelephony Manual
CAP 493 - Manual of Air Traffic Services Part 1
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Do you know which study route you’re going down yet in respect of Aerodrome or Area?
I’d suggest the air traffic control handbook by David Smith. Don’t bog yourself down too much with the CAP publications although there is a lot of useful info in MATS pt1 but by the end of the course you’ll be regurgitating it word for word anyway. If you’re going into Aerodrome perhaps flick through section 2 of the 493 but don’t get hung up on anything you can’t get your head around due to the way it is written in parts
I’d suggest the air traffic control handbook by David Smith. Don’t bog yourself down too much with the CAP publications although there is a lot of useful info in MATS pt1 but by the end of the course you’ll be regurgitating it word for word anyway. If you’re going into Aerodrome perhaps flick through section 2 of the 493 but don’t get hung up on anything you can’t get your head around due to the way it is written in parts
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FAO the above two posters
Thanks for your help! When home this evening i'll take a look at the info you've mentioned. Not sure of any route i'll be taking yet re aerodrome/area etc - still waiting on a course date..
Thanks again.
Thanks for your help! When home this evening i'll take a look at the info you've mentioned. Not sure of any route i'll be taking yet re aerodrome/area etc - still waiting on a course date..
Thanks again.
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oh that sounds about right. I presume they haven’t told you where you will be going yet either then?
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yeah even when you get given a start date it could be a while in the future. I think I found out in July last year and started a course in March this year.
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Was that as part of the new process? I think there’s a few of us from the end of the old process with stage 3s in March-May still waiting on allocations. Anyone earlier than that still waiting?
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Just my two pence, coming from a background where you have to also learn a very large rule book in a safety critical environment, pre-reading can be detrimental to your learning as you may interpret and learn things incorrectly to begin with. Courses like this are usually designed to teach people everything in a structured manner, for which you need no prior knowledge. Pre-reading of times and regs, in my opinion, should only be done if the course dictates it. However reading up on a general level of how things work probably wouldn’t be a bad idea?
Each to their own!
Each to their own!
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Same for me! Could be a split between old/new process for January/April allocations - but I wonder what happened to Jerez/Global in between?
I'll start a WhatsApp group for anyone on the 27th January course - PM for info.
I'll start a WhatsApp group for anyone on the 27th January course - PM for info.
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