Hope said:Before the CWRG change, no. ZHU, ZFW, ZDV, ZSE, occasionally ZDC and others were not available time to time. After the CWRG change, yes, with the exception of ZSE and ZMP for a while, but both are back on the list.
how the hell is ZMP so fat staffed
RalphBeast said:how the hell is ZMP so fat staffed
A lot of locals there. Or they are from the upper Midwest so relatively close. Great city for families and still somewhat affordable. Has everything you would want in a big city. Only city with all 5 major sports teams.
the inquirer said:A lot of locals there. Or they are from the upper Midwest so relatively close. Great city for families and still somewhat affordable. Has everything you would want in a big city. Only city with all 5 major sports teams.
Yea pretty good spot. 155k at check out and releasable. Sounds pretty good
RalphBeast said:how the hell is ZMP so fat staffed
Ask any expat from Minnesota and about 95% of them will want to return. The winters are long, but the summers are amazing. The quality of living is quite good. Seriously, don't hate it until you try it. This is coming from a non Minnesota native.
ZMP has a low checkout rate on paper. The reality is that there were a lot of trainees during COVID that straight up quit. The facility didn't come out of training lockdown as quickly as some other facilities which left a group waiting upstairs in purgatory for over a year before starting D-side training. The training backlog is done now thankfully. Combine that with some fairly difficult areas with seasonality and you have the 4th or 5th lowest success rate in the NAS among Centers.
bomber996 said:Ask any expat from Minnesota and about 95% of them will want to return. The winters are long, but the summers are amazing. The quality of living is quite good. Seriously, don't hate it until you try it. This is coming from a non Minnesota native.
ZMP has a low checkout rate on paper. The reality is that there were a lot of trainees during COVID that straight up quit. The facility didn't come out of training lockdown as quickly as some other facilities which left a group waiting upstairs in purgatory for over a year before starting D-side training. The training backlog is done now thankfully. Combine that with some fairly difficult areas with seasonality and you have the 4th or 5th lowest success rate in the NAS among Centers.
Tried it. Hated it lol. But yah people who grew up there generally move back and homestead there.
Mike Kilo said:Tried it. Hated it lol. But yah people who grew up there generally move back and homestead there.
Worked there for a few years. Nice people, nice summers (short). They get outside and actually do stuff in the winter, just about have to. People called it Moscow on the Mississippi (taxes and politics). But overall a nice city
bomber996 said:Ask any expat from Minnesota and about 95% of them will want to return. The winters are long, but the summers are amazing. The quality of living is quite good. Seriously, don't hate it until you try it. This is coming from a non Minnesota native.
ZMP has a low checkout rate on paper. The reality is that there were a lot of trainees during COVID that straight up quit. The facility didn't come out of training lockdown as quickly as some other facilities which left a group waiting upstairs in purgatory for over a year before starting D-side training. The training backlog is done now thankfully. Combine that with some fairly difficult areas with seasonality and you have the 4th or 5th lowest success rate in the NAS among Centers.
The checkout rate was still low even before COVID.
It is a very nice city, depending on where you want to live there’s a decent amount of diversity. I’d say majority don’t live too close to Minneapolis, but it’s not that far of a drive if you wanna live close to the metro. The facility itself is not very diverse, that could be important for some . Idk how it looks across the NAS at centers tho as that’s probably a lot of places.
Like you said the majority of people who work there now either are from MN or the surrounding states. Winters haven’t been too brutal the past few years
Enroute 8/12 List
Cat B: ZME ZAB ZLA
Class finished 9/12. Picked:
2 ZDC
1 ZKC
1 ZTL
1 ZAB
1 ZFW
1 ZSE
1 ZJX
1 ZLA
From the ATC Academy & Hiring Discord
8/20 Enroute List
Cat B: ZME ZLA
Class Finished 9/11. Picked:
ZHU
ZLA Volunteer
ZMP
ZSE
ZHU
ZLA
ZDC
ZME
ZLA
From the ATC Academy & Hiring Discord
8/25 Enroute List
Cat B: ZME
Class finished 9/12. Picked:
2 ZNY
2 ZHU
2 ZDV
ZLA
ZME
ZSE
From the ATC Academy & Hiring Discord
8/28 Enroute List
Cat B: ZAB ZME
Class finished 10/14. Picked:
2 ZDV
2 ZFW
1 ZBW
1 ZDC
1 ZLA
1 ZAN
1 ZME
1 ZAB
From the ATC Academy & Hiring Discord
Enroute 9/3 List
Cat B: ZAB ZME
Class finished 10/16. Picked:
1x ZLA Volunteer
1x ZOA Volunteer
1x ZNY Volunteer
1x ZJX
1x ZTL
1x ZKC
1x ZFW
1x ZLC
2x ZSE
From the ATC Academy & Hiring Discord
Hope said:Enroute 9/3 List
Cat B: ZAB ZMEClass finished 10/16. Picked:
1x ZLA Volunteer
1x ZOA Volunteer
1x ZNY Volunteer
1x ZJX
1x ZTL
1x ZKC
1x ZFW
1x ZLC
2x ZSEFrom the ATC Academy & Hiring Discord
No one had to choose a Cat B facility?
RalphBeast said:No one had to choose a Cat B facility?
They probably have enough volunteers to avoid any mandatory placements
RalphBeast said:No one had to choose a Cat B facility?
They changed the "rules" like last week, that if the volunteers finish bottom of the class then nobody has to fulfill the Cat B spots. This class happened to have the bottom 2 volunteer, so therefore nobody had to go to a Cat B.
Enroute 9/8 Class
Cat B: ZAB ZME
Class Finished 11/17. Picked:
ZMA
ZHU
ZTL
x2 ZJX
x2 ZLA Volunteer
ZLC
HCF Volunteer
ZHU
ZME
From the ATC Academy & Hiring Discord
Enroute 9/11 Class
Cat B: ZAB
ZME
Class finished 12/16. Picked:
2 ZAU
2 ZHU
2 ZFW
ZLA Volunteer
ZSE
ZKC
ZDV
ZAB
ZME
From the ATC Academy & Hiring Discord
Enroute 9/19 Class
Cat B: ZNY ZAB ZME
Class Finished 13/18. Picked:
2 ZMP
ZMA
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ZNY
ZAB
From the ATC Academy & Hiring Discord
Enroute 9/25 Class
Cat B: ZNY ZME
Class Finished 8/18. Picked:
ZFW
ZMP x2
ZNY Volunteer
ZKC
ZBW
ZDV
ZME
From the ATC Academy & Hiring Discord
Enroute 9/30 Class
Cat B: ZNY ZME
Class finished 14/16. Picked:
ZLA x3
ZMP x2
ZDV x2
ZHU
ZKC x2
ZBW
ZFW
ZNY x2
From the ATC Academy & Hiring Discord
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