Hiring Bid Air Traffic Control Specialist - Trainee: FAA-ATO-16-ALLSRCE-49075 Bid

[breakaway2000]

Here are some rough stats for you guys...
~4,000 military/CTI took the AT-SA
~10,000 OTS took the AT-SA

The largest CTI group online is currently reporting...
322 passed the AT-SA
20 did not
That's roughly a 95% pass rate from a decent sample size.

There are 700 spots available for each hiring group (military/CTI and OTS).

Sadly, depending on which group you're in, you could still be looking at a 25% or worse of being hiring. This process is awful...

 

[AO0530]

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Here are some rough stats for you guys...
~4,000 military/CTI took the AT-SA
~10,000 OTS took the AT-SA

The largest CTI group online is currently reporting...
322 passed the AT-SA
20 did not
That's roughly a 95% pass rate from a decent sample size.

There are 700 spots available for each hiring group (military/CTI and OTS).

Sadly, depending on which group you're in, you could still be looking at a 25% or worse of being hiring. This process is awful...

I find it hard to believe 14k took the ATSA.

 

[Stevenb]

I'm sorry but you're numbers aren't making sense to me? From multiple posts on the web people have been saying that it was closer to the 9500 range(if I remember correctly) 3500 was pool 1 (vets/CTI) pool 2 was 6000 (OTS)

 

[PoppingTheBubble]

Someone on a different forum said only 6800 people passed the BioQ, so how would that even be possible? Someone has the wrong numbers.

I read that it would be 10k people total taking the AT-SA from both pools combined.

Edit: ^^ beat me to it

if 95% of those people passed it that's pretty alarming. I assume it'll be much lower for OTS people, but still.

 

[Stevenb]

And less than 350 people reporting their scores on a CTI online group out of 4000 people is not a decent sample size at all

 

[Stevenb]

And if it was a 95% pass rate then the atsa was useless and a complete waste of taxpayers money.

 

[breakaway2000]

I apologize the initial number...

"FAA HR is (in theory) still checking everybody's applications and documentation. Remember, there are 4,000 in Pool 1 and 10,000 in Pool 2. Once HR clears everybody, they will direct you to take the new AT-SA. THEN, once they know who passed the AT-SA, they will finally create a Referral List. Realistically, this is still probably 45-60 days out."

The final number...

"- Approximately 9,300 people will be tested.
- 3,600 of those are Pool 1.
- Referral List(s) will liklely go to ATO in January for selections."

 

[breakaway2000]

And less than 350 people reporting their scores on a CTI online group out of 4000 people is not a decent sample size at all

It was a bid group created from CTI students, 342 out of 470 have reported

 

[PoppingTheBubble]

Is it confirmed that every person who passed the AT-SA in both pools got referred? You'd think they'd take the top X number of scores that they need and sort through those instead of looking at every person who passed it if that turns out to be a huge number.

 

[AO0530]

Is it confirmed that every person who passed the AT-SA in both pools got referred? You'd think they'd take the top X number of scores that they need and sort through those instead of looking at every person who passed it if that turns out to be a huge number.

HR told me there is no score associated with the ATSA. It's pass/fail.

 

[PoppingTheBubble]

HR told me there is no score associated with the ATSA. It's pass/fail.

I think they may have meant there's no score for you to personally see. I believe they see your score, not just a pass/fail.

Someone on SM said roughly 45% of people scored in the 80-100 range and 25% in the 70-79, with the rest below 70 and failing. This was after roughly 5,000 people had taken the test, so it could be slightly different now.

There was also talk about being placed in Band 1/Band 2. Band 1 being the higher scorers and Band 2 being the lower scores that serve as a reserve pool that might get a TOL if there's room leftover after Band 1 is picked. Not sure what happened to that, but a couple of people said it. Could have been total misinformation, who knows.

 

[AO0530]

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I think they may have meant there's no score for you to personally see. I believe they see your score, not just a pass/fail.

Someone on SM said roughly 45% of people scored in the 80-100 range and 25% in the 70-79, with the rest below 70 and failing. This was after roughly 5,000 people had taken the test, so it could be slightly different now.

There was also talk about being placed in Band 1/Band 2. Band 1 being the higher scorers and Band 2 being the lower scores that serve as a reserve pool that might get a TOL if there's room leftover after Band 1 is picked. Not sure what happened to that, but a couple of people said it. Could have been total misinformation, who knows.

yeah, I don't know how accurate any information is on any forum. I'm just going off of what they told me which was "There are no scores for the ATSA-it is a Pass/Fail test."

 

[solodude59]

Referred on 12/29...

 

[Pisha16]

I think they may have meant there's no score for you to personally see. I believe they see your score, not just a pass/fail.

Someone on SM said roughly 45% of people scored in the 80-100 range and 25% in the 70-79, with the rest below 70 and failing. This was after roughly 5,000 people had taken the test, so it could be slightly different now.

There was also talk about being placed in Band 1/Band 2. Band 1 being the higher scorers and Band 2 being the lower scores that serve as a reserve pool that might get a TOL if there's room leftover after Band 1 is picked. Not sure what happened to that, but a couple of people said it. Could have been total misinformation, who knows.

AYEEEEE this process is just downright cruel haha >.<

 

[breakaway2000]

To be exact here are the final numbers...
From FAA HR:
- There are 5,243 applicants who passed the ATSA.
--- 2,242 are in Pool 1
--- 3,001 are in Pool 2.

From here 700 from each group will be selected.

 

[AO0530]

Cool, I have a 31% chance to continue to have slimmer chances of ever becoming a controller. Better than 0% for the last 4 years...

 

[CF]

To be exact here are the final numbers...
From FAA HR:
- There are 5,243 applicants who passed the ATSA.
--- 2,242 are in Pool 1
--- 3,001 are in Pool 2.

From here 700 from each group will be selected.

Is that last bit from HR too or did you add that?

 

[Stevenb]

To be exact here are the final numbers...
From FAA HR:
- There are 5,243 applicants who passed the ATSA.
--- 2,242 are in Pool 1
--- 3,001 are in Pool 2.

From here 700 from each group will be selected.

You called HR and they told you these numbers?

 

[Atc1234]

You called HR and they told you these numbers?

That was from the CTI FB page.

The 700 number was not included in the original post on the group.

 

[CF]

I don't know anything about the selection process but if they want to hire 1400 controllers this year it would seem strange if they selected 1400 given they will lose half of those selected to pre-employment screening and the academy.