Your too late, Milly. You'll now be receiving all my spam.
Hiring Bid Air Traffic Control Specialist - Trainee: FAA-ATO-18-ALLSRCE-57792
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lol too funny! Who knows? If this all works out we may be going to the academy together. Then you all can put a face to the email and I can put a face to the spammer. ?
nickmeyer93
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Been reading this forum for awhile. Just decided to register. My application still says recieved. Thank you to the current controllers answering questions and posting their own hiring timelines here. I will also post any updates to application status or emails received.
Maintainvfr
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Talked to Dean last month and he told me they had 550 applicants for the local n90 bid. Not sure how many were qualified out of that though.
F5awp
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Thanks! The number sounds a bit different than what Ive read elsewhere though. If I'm not mistaken, someone else said ~700 qualified. More importantly, I'm curious to know how many they're looking to take..
While we're waiting to get the email invites for the ATSA, I was wondering if anyone has downloaded and used the test prep software from actprep.com. I saw one or two others talk about using it in another older forum and claiming it was accurate and quality prep tool for the first four sections of the test, but I haven't seen any other mention of it by anyone else. Opinions?
Maintainvfr
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It's possible that he meant 550 we're qualified but I'm positive about him telling me that number. As far as how many they want to take, as many as they can get. Between the standard attrition rate of even getting to the academy, and then the actual success rate it's going to take a lot of people.
I've been lurking around here and reddit since applying. I can't speak for the actprep, but I have been using the ATSA Prep ipad app. My fiancé and I have made a competition out of it to see who can get the better scores. If the ATSA is anything like this I have learned that only practice and doing mental math problems will make you better.
That's why I want to get the software and start practicing asap, just don't want to get scammed. Was hoping someone else recently had used it. Don't have an iPad so that option is out.
I applied for the OTS Bid in July and I got the software. It's only $15 and I think that it's pretty useful. Most of the problems are easy to do once you practice it 2 or 3 times. The hardest one for me is the one with the moving dots while answering math questions. Just trying to get it perfectly right as fast as possible is tricky.
I recommend it.
Where is it available for $15?
ChuckMastaT
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Thats my mindset of it. Realistically, unless you have an actual invite and date to take the ATSAT, I wouldn't worry about it. I read over the post MJ made about what its like and i'm not worrying about it.
I'm not really worried about it either, I'm just bored as hell
. Plus, would be nice to see what all the fuzz is about regarding that dot collision partI definitely understand it being an aptitude test, but my mindset is that the ATSA is highly competitive. If I can practice and increase my score by a few points that may very well be the difference between being able to move on or not. Whereas the final evals I would imagine aren't so competitive as they are simply pass or fail.
For example, on the app the first time I tried the collision/math section I scored a 20. I realized where I went wrong and the second time I scored a 90. If I took the test the first time for real and performed the same as I did initially I would never be considered for the academy.
The Windows version on ATCPrep.com is essentially the same thing made by the same people. I feel like I have gotten my money worth with the app.
If you don't care where you end up then yes, not competitive at all.
Southern
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Evals ARE more competitive than the ATSA ?, just because you "scored low" on the practice ATSA doesn't mean that you wouldn't be considered for the academy, there is no way to tell how the ATSA is scored that's all confidential and any test claiming to have those numbers is probably false anyway.
ChuckMastaT
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I'm not really worried about it either, I'm just bored as hell
Someone made a simulation of what that is and made a flash game out of, I did it for a little bit, it wasn't too bad. I'm trying to see if I can find the link for you. Ill keep you posted.
