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I've been quiet about the whole ATC subject, but as a year on my initial application last year approaches the subject has been weighing on my mind more heavily again. I've been reading PPRuNE for ages, since I talked to someone at London City tower about it, and today I found a link to this:

http://www.pmsumner.eu.org/~pmsumner/linkpics/flightassist.mp3

It's not too big at 3.2Mb, and you only truly need to hear the first 3 minutes of it. ( Spoilers? )

Anyhow, on the whole ATC thing. I'm considering reapplying but I don't know whether it's going to be worthwhile doing. If I get offered a position and then a job with a year's training in Bournemouth, then a 90% chance of a permanent position in Swanick - where's the future for Jane and I? My aims of ending up in Shropshire will come to absolutely nothing if I end up as an ATCO - where's the nearest airport to Shrewsbury? I'm guessing Birmingham.

The whole "getting the job/not getting the job" thing doesn't bother me - I'm fairly sure where I went wrong last time and all you can do is try your best.

It needs some more thought. Is it worth the time? Is it a career where I can be somewhere that I physically want to be?

1. What is your favorite noise to hear?
   The sea - every time. It roars.
2. If you could live in any era of time, what would you choose and why?
   Now is where I want to be. The early 20th century holds very little attraction for me, the dark ages, the middle ages - no. Whilst I think it would be fascinating for a short period, the lack of creature comforts would be horrible!
3. You just found $50 while cleaning your house. Where do you decide to spend it?
   Right now, it would go right into my bank account. I'm a little skinter than I'd hoped to be! Bloody car... MOT and tax...
4. What magazines to you subscribe to/read on a normal basis?
   None that regularly. I like to read PC Plus, Flight International, Computer Weekly, New Scientist but rarely do get round to it.
5. If you could witness any event in history, but not change anything about it, what would you choose and why?
   There are so many - being able to give a definitive answer on some of the world's most disputed events would be fantastic. I'd love to see Tiananmen Square, the shooting of JFK, the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, so many more.