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Before NATS got the contract, we had a controller at Farnborough who resigned from NATS for a job in Gib, (can't remember if it was SERCo or Airwork) then when NATS got the contract, they re-employed him!
NB: Not sure but I think you need a PAR endorsement for APS at Gib.
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Ooooh if I was 10 years younger!!
Before NATS got the contract, we had a controller at Farnborough who resigned from NATS for a job in Gib, (can't remember if it was SERCo or Airwork) then when NATS got the contract, they re-employed him!
NB: Not sure but I think you need a PAR endorsement for APS at Gib.
Before NATS got the contract, we had a controller at Farnborough who resigned from NATS for a job in Gib, (can't remember if it was SERCo or Airwork) then when NATS got the contract, they re-employed him!
NB: Not sure but I think you need a PAR endorsement for APS at Gib.
10 years younger, looking at your age I think you mean 30 years!!
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Before NATS got the contract, we had a controller at Farnborough who resigned from NATS for a job in Gib, (can't remember if it was SERCo or Airwork) then when NATS got the contract, they re-employed him!
At Farnborough, we often got people who had been 'streamed' to Area Radar (NERL) originally, got chopped and were offered a post in NSL at an aerodrome. Course they only had an ADV/ADI rating so then (when and if they gained a C of C in the tower) they had to be sent on an APS course.
NATS (as far as I know) never 'chopped' a student in recent years (since about 1995) without giving them a second chance, even if it was just to offer them an ATSA post.
Different in the ATCO Cadet days, you never got a second chance; if you had been a assistant prior to getting an ATCO Cadet course, you were usually offered your old job back but if you were direct entry, you were usually chopped completely even if you had got one rating and that's where IAL (nowadays SERCO) and others got a lot of their controllers.
NATS (as far as I know) never 'chopped' a student in recent years (since about 1995) without giving them a second chance, even if it was just to offer them an ATSA post.
Different in the ATCO Cadet days, you never got a second chance; if you had been a assistant prior to getting an ATCO Cadet course, you were usually offered your old job back but if you were direct entry, you were usually chopped completely even if you had got one rating and that's where IAL (nowadays SERCO) and others got a lot of their controllers.
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I also know many. I can’t put an exact number on it but at least two were chopped during college and the week after went up the road to the non NATS college and passed and since validated at units and those chopped from unit training have since validated at non NATS units (ironically some now working at units that used to be operated by NATS), I currently work with at least 4 that this happened to but have known several others.
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Ooooh if I was 10 years younger!!
Before NATS got the contract, we had a controller at Farnborough who resigned from NATS for a job in Gib, (can't remember if it was SERCo or Airwork) then when NATS got the contract, they re-employed him!
NB: Not sure but I think you need a PAR endorsement for APS at Gib.
Before NATS got the contract, we had a controller at Farnborough who resigned from NATS for a job in Gib, (can't remember if it was SERCo or Airwork) then when NATS got the contract, they re-employed him!
NB: Not sure but I think you need a PAR endorsement for APS at Gib.
And no PAR endorsement needed, just SRA.
Slightly more than that but yes about right.
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They were advertising for radar controllers on the airport website but I think it might have closed now. Worth contacting them anyway as I’ve heard they’ve lost 5 ATCOS in the last 6 months with another 3 on top working notice. Not sure that means it’s a great place to go at the moment but if you and they are desperate you never know.
They were advertising for radar controllers on the airport website but I think it might have closed now. Worth contacting them anyway as I’ve heard they’ve lost 5 ATCOS in the last 6 months with another 3 on top working notice. Not sure that means it’s a great place to go at the moment but if you and they are desperate you never know.