Hello,
As said in my previous blog, I wanted to write this blog before the 8th of May so here it is.
First of all, I'd like to thank the two anonymous commentators for the kind words. I really appreciate them.
But I'd like to cut to the chase, namely the (probable) outcome of the review board.
The review board in itself went OK. We discussed many things, with the main focus on my results and my own opinion on how things went during my course. During the conversation, there was also a bit of time reserved to give feedback and/or to ask questions.
One important thing (for me) though was that the decision to stop my training is not yet 100% definitive. This actually means that right now, I am still a EUROCONTROL-employee until the decision has been officially taken. I'm not entirely sure about the hierarchy of EUROCONTROL in those echelons, but I think this means that the Director General has to put his signature on the paper stating I'm stopped in the training.
However, I asked the question if there would be any possibility for me to join the next course but unfortunately, recourses are only very rarely done. In the occasion where they are done, they are usually only given to people who are close to the final evaluations whereas the instructors think one is not yet entirely ready for those (but very close to it).
In short, this means that my chances of getting recoursed are pretty much non-existing. The Head of Training and Head of Recruitment, who will write the letter of termination of my contract, will most probably (as in 99.9% certainly) follow the advise of the instructors to end my training.
But I don't want to quit and drop my head just like that, so I'm still willing to try and reach the ATC license. To do this, I have already subscribed for the LVNL Information Days already (July 2nd), I will get in touch with Belgocontrol soon (most probably next week) and I might even consider NATS (the UK ANSP).
I've been thinking whether or not I should write another blog after this, in which I give the final decision EUROCONTROL has made, but I'm still not entirely convinced if it's useful. I'll leave that up to you to decide. If you want to hear the final word of EUROCONTROL, you can leave a comment.:-)
In case I would not write another blog, I already want to thank everyone who read my blog. I hope you enjoyed it, have an (better) understanding of the ATC Training Course and will maybe once become ATCo's yourself or continue to be one.
Kind regards,
Mathias Jacobs-Anseeuw
