Hiring Bid Air Traffic Control Specialist - Trainee: FAA-ATO-17-ALLSRCE-53474

[Flashy Vectors]

Process is going to slow down even more if the government gets shutdown tomorrow.

 

[C_Ro]

Process is going to slow down even more if the government gets shutdown tomorrow.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[AB19]

Process is going to slow down even more if the government gets shutdown tomorrow.

Shitttttt, better hope you get your CIL before that happens

 

[JNev]

Shitttttt, better hope you get your CIL before that happens

Just got mine at 1:18pm Easern haha
Phew!

 

[GulfBravoPapa]

Doe

Shitttttt, better hope you get your CIL before that happens

Won't matter. Background investigations stop... Who knows if the flight surgeon is considered essential

 

[Southern]

And that doesn’t mean go and call your rep to ask them if they can get a CIL or EODS or TOL out before the shutdown. Leave them alone and let them work, they do their best work when left alone.

 

[JBabs]

Most of them may not be working after tomorrow anyways if the government doesn't get a budget approved.

 

[Mizu]

Well darn. Still no EODS, but it's good to see that people are still getting them! I'll just be over here getting a little excited with each new email only to see it's yet another ~exclusive Pizza Hut coupon ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Southern]

If you got a TOL, no need to worry. Again there are some people from the August bid in 2016 who still have not received an FOL. Does that mean they will receive their FOLs and academy dates before anyone in this bid? Maybe, maybe not, it’s really a guessing game at this point and there are no right answers. It’s a bunch of hurry up and wait at this point.

Best piece of advice I’ve seen is don’t wait around for the emails, they will come. Go and live your life while you wait because you may end up waiting a while.

 

[CF]

Doe

Won't matter. Background investigations stop... Who knows if the flight surgeon is considered essential

I know it is for the purposes of keeping controllers medicals up to date but for pre-employment people it seems unlikely.

 

[AB19]

Wait does anyone know if we just pause, or does the whole process restart?

 

[C_Ro]

Wait does anyone know if we just pause, or does the whole process restart?

Pause

 

[jyuuu]

"After sequestration cuts and the 2013 government shutdown suspended hiring for 10 months, the FAA expunged a well-qualified candidate list of over 3,000..."

quick, everyone panic!

 

[Brandon Jenkins]

Does anyone else have KG as their POC? If so where are you in the process? TOL, EODS, CIL, etc.

 

[Chase Griffin]

Does anyone else have KG as their POC? If so where are you in the process? TOL, EODS, CIL, etc.

I have KG, TOL from first wave, no EODS yet.

 

[GhostDog]

I have KG, TOL from first wave, no EODS yet.

Same

 

[breakaway2000]

"After sequestration cuts and the 2013 government shutdown suspended hiring for 10 months, the FAA expunged a well-qualified candidate list of over 3,000..."

quick, everyone panic!

For peace of mind, that quote is wildly misleading. The 3,000 they're referencing is a list of people who were not hired on the bid prior to sequestration. Well qualified candidates were those that scored between an 85-100 on the AT-SAT (the predecessor to the AT-SA). Back then, bids used to run twice per year for CTI and prior experience military controllers. There was no BA, everyone that was eligible for the bid took the AT-SAT. They would typically see 4,000-5,000 applicants and hire 800-1,000 every 6 months. Sequestration did not expunge that list, the hiring changes in 2014 expunged that list as all those candidates that had gone through the pre-employment process and deemed well qualified now had to start over at ground zero.

 

[dcorn216]

Anyone with LM as their POC?

 

[Flashy Vectors]

Does anyone else have KG as their POC? If so where are you in the process? TOL, EODS, CIL, etc.

TOL on 12/27 no other contact

 

[Rd3sd]

Anyone with LM as their POC?

Yes, eods approved 1/10 waiting on cil