[mykalberta]

I have had 5 friends who have gone through this - the one who I thought least likely to pass was the one who passed.

Had the contacted me about training a while ago I would have gone through with it, but now I am more secure in my job and have no reason to want to leave Calgary.

Region ATC is the much better paying one, but it also means you are stuck in either Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, TO, Montreal, or St Johns.

Controller ATC is from what I can tell the easier job, but training is in Ontario but you have the ability to work in alot better (and alot worse) locations.

I have read through alot of the manuals and books (for region ATC) and it doesnt seem overly difficult. I think the difficulty comes in 6 months with no pay and then people start to take part time jobs and then the spiral goes downhill from there. I think so long as someone can commit 100% for the 6 months of no pay training then you have a good shot.

Also with ATC, like the above said - tell them what they want to hear. Never go off script, they dont want people who can improvise under pressure, they want people who will follow procedure under pressure.