Hiring Bid FAA-ATO-21-ALLSRCE-73599

Damn.. Oh well it is what it is. Again could be worse I'm not even leaving my state. And nothing's gonna stop me from living my dream. I do feel bad for those that really have to travel far though.

"Crisp" high five eh? That's better than one of those half assed sorta missed limp high fives. When you say "crisp" is like in the beginning of Pushing Tin when Nick Falzone is working arrivals for Newark and one of the sups slides him one and goes "I'll be damned!" ???
You should definitely walk in with Pushing Tin quotes on Day 1
 
I have a silly question. I see a lot of people are getting their basics and academy dates. Are you leaving your current job to do the basics course or do you leave the job when it's time to go to the academy?
 
Why's that? I guess I don't understand how involved basics is. Does the FAA start paying when basics starts?
From my understanding basics will be 8-9 hours a day via zoom and online forms/quizzes. Plus they state in the email for your FOL that you cannot earn paid leave while dual employed. Yes you do get paid the academy rate while in basics just no per diem.
 
Oh ok, I see. Thank you for clarifying.
Also just a PSA to everybody, I just got an email from my rep to fill out a bunch of forms on EODS before I start basics next week. In the EXTREMELY long email, it mentions it will take at least 3 weeks to get your first paycheck from the FAA. So to everybody getting close to this step, I suggest doing everything you can to prepare accordingly. I just found this out yesterday. That would've been nice to know.
 
Anyone else have a similar timeline to this? I called HR last week and they told me that my medical is awaiting review from the flight surgeon still. Seems like I may just be at the very tail-end of this bid or something.

Applied: 7/30/2021 - ATSA Invite: 10/8/2021 - Took ATSA: 12/7/2021 - BQ Referred: 12/17/2021 - TOL Received: 1/31/2022 - EODs Received: 6/22/2022 - EODs Approved: 6/28/2022 - CIL Received: 6/29/2022 - e-QIP: 7/5/2022 - Fingerprints: N/A - MMPI: 7/13/2022 - MedXpress: 7/17/2022 - Medical: 7/22/2022 - Drug Test: 7/28/2022 - Cleared MMPI: 7/27/2022 - Security Interview: 8/8/2022 - Cleared Drug Test: 8/8/2022 - Conditional Security Clearance: 8/22/2022 - Cleared Medical: awaiting flight surgeon review - Basics: ??/??/???? - Academy: ??/??/???? - FOL: ??/??/????
 
Anyone else have a similar timeline to this? I called HR last week and they told me that my medical is awaiting review from the flight surgeon still. Seems like I may just be at the very tail-end of this bid or something.

Applied: 7/30/2021 - ATSA Invite: 10/8/2021 - Took ATSA: 12/7/2021 - BQ Referred: 12/17/2021 - TOL Received: 1/31/2022 - EODs Received: 6/22/2022 - EODs Approved: 6/28/2022 - CIL Received: 6/29/2022 - e-QIP: 7/5/2022 - Fingerprints: N/A - MMPI: 7/13/2022 - MedXpress: 7/17/2022 - Medical: 7/22/2022 - Drug Test: 7/28/2022 - Cleared MMPI: 7/27/2022 - Security Interview: 8/8/2022 - Cleared Drug Test: 8/8/2022 - Conditional Security Clearance: 8/22/2022 - Cleared Medical: awaiting flight surgeon review - Basics: ??/??/???? - Academy: ??/??/???? - FOL: ??/??/????

I'm in the same boat as you, except my medical was 6/17/22. Still waiting on the flight surgeon. I reached out to my HR rep back in August to check in on the status of my medical. They said to check with the medical department directly using the email provided in the initial CIL instructions email. I reached out to them 8/11/22. They said my info is pending the flight surgeon's review and that they couldn't provide a timeframe for the review. I reached out again 9/26/22 and got more or less the same response. I'll give it another couple weeks before trying again.
 
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