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I got some info on AMOC if you want you can PM me. @Lima LimaOne of my sups at ONT worked there many years back
I got some info on AMOC if you want you can PM me. @Lima LimaOne of my sups at ONT worked there many years back
Ramp Tower at RDU International. Even with RDU tower here I had to drive the 3.5 hours to CLT for my MMPI-2.
You’re a future farmer of America?!Mechanic at Ford then ATC in the AF before FFA.
They really don't do it in Raleigh? I live in Cary and am planning on applying at that next bid. That's a bummer.
What made you decide ATC over flying? Considering both now. Curious of pros and cons from someone who has done both.Former job was a pilot, been ATC now almost 3yrs.
What made you decide ATC over flying? Considering both now. Curious of pros and cons from someone who has done both.
I haven't started looking at college route after military, but also received ots tol was at a dilemma but your point does make great sense.Where are you at in your flying career? Do you have all your ratings? I bounced back and forth for a while on it but my deciding decision was this. To make it through all the atc process and get a chance at going to OKC is pretty hard in itself when you look at the numbers. I could stop flying for 4 months, give atc a shot, if I didn’t pass the academy then I’d pick up where I left off flying. If I make it through the academy and want to keep doing atc I can. Moral of the story, your certs never expire for flying, just currency does. So why not give atc a shot, that opportunity does expire and doesn’t come around often.
I haven't started looking at college route after military, but also received ots tol was at a dilemma but your point does make great sense.
I have my MBA and work in public accounting as an auditor for a small firm. People keep saying ATC is stressful, but so is the busy season in public accounting so I feel like I can probably handle it. Pays better and the pay accelerates faster than what I'm doing now.
Most jobs have their own type of stress and I'm not going to to say that accounting doesn't have a stressful time, but it's a completely different type of stress. When you're short staffed and too many sectors are combined because your supervisor won't call in more OT and you have real aircraft full of real people all over your scope because of weather deviations and you're treading water keeping them apart, watching more aircraft flashing towards your airspace and other controllers are calling you on the landline, I can promise you it's a lot different than having deadlines to meet.
This is what I want to say to all of my coworkers. I am a USPS letter carrier. Some of them know about me going through the FAA hiring process, and claim that if I can handle stress at the PO, I should be able to handle the stress of being a controller. Mind you, some of these people who think delivering mail is stressful also happen to be combat veterans. Add to the list of things I’ll never understand.
In the process of scheduling my MMPI-2 appointment and I remembered about this post. Still no proctor in Raleigh. Guess I'm driving to CharlotteNope, I called the tower and the guy who used to proctor the test retired and they never trained a new guy, had to drive the 3.5 hours to CLT.
Show off.Buffet bar runner
Cashier
Burger king
Telemarketer
Timeshare sales
Telemarketer
subway sandwich artist
Built boat docks
Buffet bar runner again
Cashier
Bouncer
Deli manager at Walmart
CSR
NAVY AC
Promoter
Event MC
strip club DJx2
Bartender
Contract tower
DOD
Contract tower x2
DoD
And finally FAA