Hiring Bid Air Traffic Control Specialist - Trainee: FAA-ATO-18-ALLSRCE-57792
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To all the current ATCs or people with experience, what does it mean to "wash out" from your facility? I know after graduation, we get our placement at a facility. I'm guessing we'll be placed in trainee mode? Does it just mean you were unable to pass that facility's requirements? Some of these facilities have like a 60% pass rate. Just looking for more information on why these numbers are so low..
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Washout is when you fail multiple check rides and after skill enhancement training you still can't do the job. Once you wash depending on how far you are and what level facility your at you may be offered another low level facility to choose from as well as flight service or a non 2152 specialty in the FAA. What your trainers say about you kinda determines your fate so don't be a douchebag trainee and they'll take care of you. If you wash at the academy you are terminated from the FAA. If you cheat on a test at facility you will also be terminated. And if you wash before your probationary period you may be terminated
Pretty much. In the AF "washing out" was accomplished by failing training events/quals/tests/evals or just being a general douche and pissing off your trainers at your facility. You could be "washed out" for losing medical/security clearance during training also.
(This was for the Air Force, I imagine the FAA is similar.)
Thanks for the info! Just hard to imagine that many people washing out even after graduating academy with a low enroute pass rate.
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I got an FOL before the pay increase went through, haven't gotten an updated one yet.
Base 18785, OKC locality 28.22%, adjusted 24086.
I'm expecting another 1.4% on top of that, my HR POC said locality was still up in the air. (Actually she said to expect a 1.9% increase but I'm assuming that's because the headlines said 1.9% so she didn't know about the base/locality split.)
Base 18785, OKC locality 28.22%, adjusted 24086.
I'm expecting another 1.4% on top of that, my HR POC said locality was still up in the air. (Actually she said to expect a 1.9% increase but I'm assuming that's because the headlines said 1.9% so she didn't know about the base/locality split.)
Well, good luck with that sticking. OKC is considered a "Rest of the US" locality per OPM.
Oklahoma General Schedule (GS) Pay Scale for 2019
Oklahoma General Schedule (GS) Pay Scale for 2019
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So around $11 an hour plus per diem pay..... is that enough to save up to move? Did you guys find moving financially easy ?
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Per diem is something like $94/day... I’m an OKC native and only got $59/day, and I still managed to save up $5000 over the 4 months I was there. The per diem isn’t taxed. All combined, I think it equates to just under $50K/year.
Just got my May 3rd (En Route) class date!
I got the offer email from my HR POC (CS) at EOD. Sending good vibes out there for everyone else waiting on their FOL, hopefully see some of you in the same class. Me and my husband are looking into moving into apartment down in OKC.
I got the offer email from my HR POC (CS) at EOD. Sending good vibes out there for everyone else waiting on their FOL, hopefully see some of you in the same class. Me and my husband are looking into moving into apartment down in OKC.
