Okay, perhaps I could have expanded, and I certainly wouldn't want to put anyone off; I loved my time at the college. I'm not sure how it will work with the new style courses, but I personally know a few who, even though they passed every module, still had to hold after nearly every one and also undertake an extension to their OJT. There's a financial consideration there too, of course.

Two and a half years at CATC can be quite wearing after a while, especially when you see people from your original course valid and earning far more than you!

If you want to start flinging personal remarks around, Satanslittlehelper, PM me, there's a good chap.

:{ Well I won't be along in March after all. Anyone else in the same boat? March course is apparantly all destined for airports. I'm so dissapointed.:sad:

I was starting to hope for my letter of confirmation, and now I can't even be confident of June.

Anyway enough whining. I hope everyone starting in March has a great time and I'll see you all a bit later!

Had the same call myself. March is airports only and a small course; it looks likely that June will be too.

So do I go for airports and risk being posted to places I don't want to live, or do I sit around for the next area course which could be September? Especially now that my replacement in my current job has started (today!) so I have no job.

Choices, choices.

March Airport Course
 

Yes guys we all got the same call this morning. All of us March starters have been told it's an airport only course and we have until Thurs to decide to take it or not.

It's obvious that we all wanted area and are severely gutted. I've been told June but who knows. We've basically gone from a few weeks wait to possibly well over half a years wait till september.

I'm gutted, also a bit angry that hr were requesting my employers references before christmas, if I had given them my permission which I didn't I'd be up the creek.

All us Scots in glasgow who've been drinking together have received the same news. All gutted.

What's your plans now people? Anyone taking the airport course? I can't start of my new career on the wrong foot like this.

Called CATC spoke to a few people. March being all airport was in the pipeline for a couple of months but hadn't been fully ratified (still isn't apparently maybe if we all say no they'll re-access and make it area or mixed :E )

We were told to expect hiccups, doesn't help though. Gone from starting in six weeks to more than six months with no guarantee.

In the past students didn't really get a choice of area or aerodrome whereas we're getting this choice before we know enough depthabout either apart from mobility.