Hiring Bid FAA-ATO-19-ALLSRCE-61676

[Termine]

Could somebody be kind enough to explain the psych evaluation?

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Filling out forms - Are you all printing the forms, handwriting your signature, and then re-scanning? Or are you just signing electronically?

I signed electronically last year, no problems.

Does the FAA send a letter out to your current employer? And if so, When? I want to get in front of it somewhat.

Like Counterclockwise said, the investigations agency will send a form letter at least your current employer, possibly the previous few as well. I think the agency (it used to be called the NBIB) recently moved from OPM to the DOD, not that it matters. For me, I sent in all my security paperwork on a Tuesday or Wednesday and my employer had the form in the mail early the following week, so you definitely want to give them a heads-up ASAP once you get to that step in the process.

This might be a stupid question, but how do I find the closest FAA facility to where I live?

There used to be a "facility and locality map" on this site but it hasn't worked in several months unfortunately. You can look up facilities by identifier on this site or 123atc.com (that one is probably easier to use for this purpose) and try to find ones that are close.

 

[Counterclockwise]

Could somebody be kind enough to explain the psych evaluation?

567 True/False questions.
If you fail you will be Tier 2.
I took it twice, passed both times. Just answer honestly and don’t try to “cheat” the test.

 

[mgallag]

Can I list a tower on the part where it asks for the closest FAA facility? Or does it have to be TRACON or En Route?

 

[Counterclockwise]

Can I list a tower on the part where it asks for the closest FAA facility? Or does it have to be TRACON or En Route?

Choose your closest pfacility. You will take your MMPI2 there if they offer it. If not HR will locate the closest available and offer you the location.

 

[Sassyquatch]

Can I list a tower on the part where it asks for the closest FAA facility? Or does it have to be TRACON or En Route?

Any facility. So if the closet is a tower facility then list that. If the closest is a TRACON or En route center then you should list that.

 

[peeta736]

P2 BQ. TOL received.

 

[Dayday2]

The applicant contact information form says Closest FAA facility (terminal or en route) if you go on 123atc.com look at the terminal am she en route locations I'm not sure but I don't think they want tower location (like I said I'm not sure. I'm new to this too) but based on the form that is my opinion so I would stick with en route and terminal locations only

 

[GulfBravoPapa]

The applicant contact information form says Closest FAA facility (terminal or en route) if you go on 123atc.com look at the terminal am she en route locations I'm not sure but I don't think they want tower location (like I said I'm not sure. I'm new to this too) but based on the form that is my opinion so I would stick with en route and terminal locations only

Which is literally every FAA control facility

 

[zealforce]

Question with the Closest FAA facility- if I live in Chicago then picking the Chicago O'Hare Tower is fine? The one at the airport??

 

[Termine]

Question with the Closest FAA facility- if I live in Chicago then picking the Chicago O'Hare Tower is fine? The one at the airport??

By "closest" they really mean "preferred". If you can take the MMPI there you'll take it there. So if technically PWK is closer to you as the crow flies but it's easier for you to get to ORD, go for it. Doesn't matter.

Dayday2 like GBP said, "enroute or terminal" means... every FAA ATC facility. Those are the two options, enroute (high-altitude radar) or terminal (can be tower, low-altitude radar, or both). I suppose if you want to get technical they're excluding FSS facilities, which they only have in Alaska anyway.

 

[Dayday2]

Which is literally every FAA control facility

So terminal and tower are the same thing? I thought they were separate. Please correct me if I'm wrong so I can understand better

 

[Dayday2]

By "closest" they really mean "preferred". If you can take the MMPI there you'll take it there. So if technically PWK is closer to you as the crow flies but it's easier for you to get to ORD, go for it. Doesn't matter.

Dayday2 like GBP said, "enroute or terminal" means... every FAA ATC facility. Those are the two options, enroute (high-altitude radar) or terminal (can be tower, low-altitude radar, or both). I suppose if you want to get technical they're excluding FSS facilities, which they only have in Alaska anyway.

Oh ok. Thank you for the explanation. I appreciate it

 

[tunwno]

So terminal and tower are the same thing? I thought they were separate. Please correct me if I'm wrong so I can understand better

Tower TRACON are terminal, then you have ENROUTE and CERAP.

 

[GulfBravoPapa]

So terminal and tower are the same thing? I thought they were separate. Please correct me if I'm wrong so I can understand better

Towers are considered terminal facilities. As are combined tower and radar facilities (up-downs) and TRACONs. (Terminal Radar Approach CONtrol).

Enroute is Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC). Regional Center facilities.

 

[Dayday2]

Thank you all for the explanations ?

 

[TangoFox]

Not the FAA, but the OPM will send them a letter during you background investigation.

Is this done before or after the FOL? I wasn’t planning to inform my employer until the FOL was extended since this process could take months...

 

[WaterToGo]

Is this done before or after the FOL? I wasn’t planning to inform my employer until the FOL was extended since this process could take months...

Before FOL

 

[Yukatan]

Is it okay that I just responded to the email they sent me and attached my signed PDF's on it? Or was I supposed to compose a separate email with different title? I'm getting paranoid and don't want to resend something lol

 

[labelepidemic]

Is it okay that I just responded to the email they sent me and attached my signed PDF's on it? Or was I supposed to compose a separate email with different title? I'm getting paranoid and don't want to resend something lol

I responded to the email and got a confirmation email fairly quickly afterwards.

 

[Sassyquatch]

Is it okay that I just responded to the email they sent me and attached my signed PDF's on it? Or was I supposed to compose a separate email with different title? I'm getting paranoid and don't want to resend something lol

I just resent a completely separate email with the PDF's attached. I'm sure that replying to the TOL email with your PDF's would be just fine too though since it's going to the same email