Hiring Bid FAA-ATO-20-ALLSRCE-65607

Thugnasty said:

All the miami boys praying for florida to pop up on the list ????????

??????

Thugnasty said:

All the miami boys praying for florida to pop up on the list ????????

Just take San Juan alternate

Anyone have any insight on the difficulty of getting to a SoCal facility like SCT?

32andBelow said:

Just take San Juan alternate

My family would love that, i would be happy as hell.

Typeass said:

How tf would i speculate that. Obviously people there.

Lotta people like to play telephone

spenguin said:

Anyone have any insight on the difficulty of getting to a SoCal facility like SCT?

Dude nobody knows. There are cpcs that have been trying to get out their facilities for 5+ years. Nobody has a crystal ball.

...He was just asking

Have zero expectations about where you might end up, and know you might be there for a long time. The majority of people don’t end up where they would prefer to be. That’s just one of the sucky parts of the job.

Your best bet is to not even think about it until placement day. Passing the Academy should be priority #1 with a mindset that you’ll go wherever they send you.

Thugnasty said:

My family would love that, i would be happy as hell.

Same lol.

San Juan sounds good, I need to learn more Spanish then though. I just know how to order in a bodega and flirt a little.

Roo617 said:

When did you test?

I can't remember exactly but it was around late June - early July of last year. I also picked either the 2nd or last test date available so that may have had something to do with how quickly I got my results back.

ClearanceClarence said:

Have zero expectations about where you might end up, and know you might be there for a long time. The majority of people don’t end up where they would prefer to be. That’s just one of the sucky parts of the job.

Your best bet is to not even think about it until placement day. Passing the Academy should be priority #1 with a mindset that you’ll go wherever they send you.

That works in theory. But when you have school age kids and a spouse that has to be able to get to work going wherever isn’t really feasible.

I made a spreadsheet of all the towers and ranked them on how well they’d work for my family. And if one of those is on the list that’ll be extra motivation to be the best to get a facility I want.

Austen1036 said:

That works in theory. But when you have school age kids and a spouse that has to be able to get to work going wherever isn’t really feasible.

I made a spreadsheet of all the towers and ranked them on how well they’d work for my family. And if one of those is on the list that’ll be extra motivation to be the best to get a facility I want.

I'm currently doing the same with enroute centers. It's not to speculate, its just so that when I get the list I know where my priorities are. Likelihood of my spouse finding a job, schools for future children etc. That way I'm not picking blindly after all the hard work I'm going to put in.

Austen1036 said:

That works in theory. But when you have school age kids and a spouse that has to be able to get to work going wherever isn’t really feasible.

I made a spreadsheet of all the towers and ranked them on how well they’d work for my family. And if one of those is on the list that’ll be extra motivation to be the best to get a facility I want.

It’s fine to fantasize about what might work best, I’m just saying you can’t have any expectations. Nobody knows what their list is going to be until the last week and you don’t know where everyone in your class will place until the last eval. If you happen to finish last in your class, you’ll won’t have no more than 2 or 3 choices. You have to be prepared to end up virtually anywhere. If that’s not feasible for your situation, then you may want to reconsider before going through everything only to find your only options aren’t going to work for you.

Enroute class finishing up this week facility list
2 ZNY
ZMA
2 ZFW
ZOB
ZID
Alt’s
2 ZSU
2 ZOA

Motodog said:

Enroute class finishing up this week facility list
2 ZNY
ZMA
2 ZFW
ZOB
ZID
Alt’s
2 ZSU
2 ZOA

What is Alt's?

Hotel Sierra said:

What is Alt's?

Alternate facility-may be selected in place of a required facility. (The general thinking is the alt’s are less desirable, so nearly always available)

Hotel Sierra said:

What is Alt's?

I assume they meant ZTL?

Edit: nevermind. I'm stupid. Motodog says they're alternates.

robertvmarshall said:

I assume they meant ZTL?

Was just saying the Alternates listed below were ZSU and ZOA, sorry about that

Motodog said:

Was just saying the Alternates listed below were ZSU and ZOA, sorry about that

Oh, that makes sense now!