Any recommendations on places to move that are between levels 6-8 (maybe 9) for a family. Wanting a big city with plenty of family friendly things to do. Up and coming neighborhoods. Originally wanted Orlando or Dallas but it hasn’t been on recent lists we’ve noticed.
Finished medical about two weeks ago, and everything else has been done for about a month now.
Transitioning out of USAF and have not received TOL yet. Think it’s worth looking into working at a local FCT while going through the FAA hiring process? I’d feel bad wasting their time getting trained up and what not just to leave, but I’ve heard it can take some people a year or two to get to their facility.
I always was under the impression that you have to start at smaller facilities before moving up to more complicated ones however, if you get enroute do they just throw you into centers and tracon since there really aren't smaller radar centers like that? Does this also mean you could land a core 30 tower right out of the academy as well for terminal students?
Airlines screen cadet pilots with a battery that is public in structure but rarely discussed outside aviation forums (COMPASS, cut-e, ADAPT, the DLR test in Germany). It is not an IQ test and the gap is interesting.
What it measures: working memory under load, timed arithmetic, spatial orientation and mental rotation, and divided attention, meaning a tracking task running while you answer maths and watch for gauge alarms at the same time.
What it ignores: verbal knowledge, culture, anything untimed. Almost every subtest is speeded, and the cut score is normed against the applicant pool, not the general population.
The part with no equivalent in the usual batteries is the multitasking one. Matrices tests never ask you to hold a target on screen while doing arithmetic. People who score very high on matrices often collapse there, which makes it a decent probe of something the standard tests miss.
Disclosure so nobody wastes time: I built a free iOS app that rebuilds these mechanics, so I am not neutral. I am mostly curious how this sub scores on the multitasking one compared to cadet applicants, and where you think it breaks as a measure.
I filled out all the EODS information but all are still in the submitted form. Any idea how long it typically takes for them to sort through it and approve it?
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Getting out of the military soon with radar, no CTO. For trying to direct hire to specific facilities is there a limit to what level can actually do direct hires?
And is there some publicly available website or anything with the ATM’s emails for facilities I’m interested in? or do I just have to call each facility im interested in and ask for the email myself.
It says I still have pre employment forms to submit but I already submitted the 3 that they said on the email
I’ve sent in my medical file release form to the FAA for them to send my file to the neuropsychologist and they have not sent my file to them. It’s been about 2 weeks and they are ghosting my emails. What do I do?
Does anyone have any recommendations on what I should do if OF-306 Declaration for Federal Employment - Appointee Form (Revised August 2023) is locked?
Any other people who scored WQ on the spring bid and filled out their EODS and still waiting for CIL?
I applied to the spring bid of this year. My timeline is as follows:
Applied: 4/16
ATSA: 5/19
BQ Result: 5/20
TOL: 6/2
EODS: 6/11
CIL: 6/17
Fingerprints: 6/23
MMPI: 6/25
Medical Appointment: 7/28
Drug Test: 8/4
Security clearance has been issued, drug test has been passed, and MMPI results were sufficient. I am just now waiting on my medical clearance.
Good afternoon, military controller here looking into this as a career option after my service. How much take home pay at the level 12 facilities or so are yall actually seeing every year, as in after taxes? Do yall live in expensive houses? How much are your houses too? I wanna know how good/bad life could really get.
Anyone have any insight on tier 2 psyc evals ?
How long it takes ?
What’s the process after ?
How long to hear back on anything after the tier 2 eval ?
Is this bad news?
I just got my notice a couple of days ago and I am scheduled to have one soon
But I just want to know if this is bad news, good news, or part of the process news
I'm looking to change careers after being laid off last December, and ATC looks right for me. I meet all of the eligibility requirements. The issue is it looks like they only accept applications during very specific windows, and from what I'm seeing that window is usually in April each year. I'm 30 years old, but I turn 31 in early April, likely before they open up another announcement for applications.
Am I too late to get into anything ATC related? It sounded like they were very understaffed, but according to the FAA website it looks like I can't even apply until they open up another announcement, and I don't know when that will be.
I’m a 20 year old male going into my third year of college. I’m currently majoring in aviation.
I was originally interested in ATC, but didn’t pursue it earlier because my father wasn’t supportive at the time, I was in my first year of college and the FAA wasn’t hiring. When FAA hiring opened in April 2026, I applied. I passed the ATSA and am still in the hiring process. If everything goes well, I expect an academy date between November and January.
For context, my grandmother is paying for my college, and apartment using a mix of college funds and inheritance. I’m now seriously considering leaving college to focus on ATC instead of finishing my degree. I already have my commercial pilot certificate, so I could work as a pilot, but I know building hours and reaching a stable, higher-paying flying job would take a long time. ATC feels like a more direct and stable career path if I make it through training.
My grandmother isn’t the most supportive she thinks I may be rushing the decision and looking too far ahead. I understand her concern. My main issue is that I don’t see the value in finishing a degree if I have the opportunity to pursue a career I want to be in. If you were in my position, when would you drop out college?
I sent my medical appeal on July 12, so about a month ago. I’ve been sending a follow up email every week since asking for verification that they received everything and next steps, but still no response.
Has anyone else gone through this and how long has it taken? Is there anyone else I should include in the email besides the medical email? Or is there a number I can call?
Are people with no social ties just screwed from getting a government job? What if someone spent their whole life inside their bedroom and wanted to finally get to work, but now they fail because they have no one besides themselves?
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This doesn't apply to me, at least not all of it. But it got me thinking of the extreme. I don't have a "best friend." But I know there are people out there who have absolutely no one except their parent(s). Are these people just not eligible for government job that require this background check information. Are Air Traffic Controller jobs inaccessible to a social reject?
kind of a silly question and only applicable to the ladies in here - but out of curiosity, did you have to provide medical records for labor & delivery and/or routine prenatal visits? or were they not concerned with these?