Gonzo EGLL ,
In your opinion or official NATS hat if you prefer.
Why is there such a shortage of controllers at present?
Is it an obvious fix or is longer term strategic planning neccessary?
G-JWTP
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G-JWTP wrote:Gonzo EGLL ,
In your opinion or official NATS hat if you prefer.
Why is there such a shortage of controllers at present?
Is it an obvious fix or is longer term strategic planning neccessary?
G-JWTP
G-JWTP wrote:I was at Swanwick a few weeks ago and got the ' official' NATS answer.
GonzoEGLL wrote:.
A ‘perfect storm’.
Training pipeline going at maximum.
No quick fix.
Worth noting that the training pipeline is also much smaller than it used to be. It would be impossible within the current college environment to put through the same number of ab initio students that used to go through Bournemouth.
PaulB wrote:G-JWTP wrote:I was at Swanwick a few weeks ago and got the ' official' NATS answer.
So what was their rationale?
G-JWTP wrote:We were told that there wasn't enough applicants of a suitable skillset.
Qualifications were not as important as aptitude.
To many people do not think that ATC as a career.
Higher earnings elsewhere, especially for trainees.
Job is not 'sexy' ( my paraphrase).
No body wants to do shift work especially the young who have social lives.
Perception of a high stress environment.
G-JWTP wrote:PaulB wrote:G-JWTP wrote:I was at Swanwick a few weeks ago and got the ' official' NATS answer.
So what was their rationale?
We were told that there wasn't enough applicants of a suitable skillset.
Qualifications were not as important as aptitude.
To many people do not think that ATC as a career.
Higher earnings elsewhere, especially for trainees.
Job is not 'sexy' ( my paraphrase).
No body wants to do shift work especially the young who have social lives.
Perception of a high stress environment.
These were the main ones.
G-JWTP