All cleared on my clearances, now waiting on class date.
Hiring Bid FAA-ATO-20-ALLSRCE-65607
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#4942 LTB83 said:
All cleared on my clearances, now waiting on class date.
welcome to the party
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#4943 brsana said:
welcome to the party
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#4944 Tkey said:
Can confidently say I wont be an air traffic controller ? feel like I bombed the test, I had like 5 crashes in the sim, ran out of time for reading comprehension and logical reasoning started guessing at the end...overall feeling defeated congrats to everyone who makes it!
I thought I bombed it too. Just keep the faith. I ended up getting Best Qualified and now at the academy. That test is bogus anyway...
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#4945 LTB83 said:
All cleared on my clearances, now waiting on class date.
Did you reach out to find out or were you notified? It’s only been a couple weeks since everything was completely submitted for me so I know I still have awhile to wait :/
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#4946 tacocatisblack said:
Did you reach out to find out or were you notified? It’s only been a couple weeks since everything was completely submitted for me so I know I still have awhile to wait :/
your POC will email you saying you're cleared and pending class date, but you can also email or call to find out...don't expect a quick reply though.
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#4947 Got a email today from HR. She said they haven't started filling July classes yet but I swear I saw that someone had a July date somewhere in here.
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#4948 ch1991 said:
Got a email today from HR. She said they haven't started filling July classes yet but I swear I saw that someone had a July date somewhere in here.
Yes, there has been at least one person who said they had a 7/1/21 start date (Sflores). That user also said they'd been bumped up a month after that though which makes it a little unclear what their actual start date is.
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#4949 Tkey said:
Can confidently say I wont be an air traffic controller ? feel like I bombed the test, I had like 5 crashes in the sim, ran out of time for reading comprehension and logical reasoning started guessing at the end...overall feeling defeated congrats to everyone who makes it!
Honestly... I believe the reaction time is the most important part of that test vs. getting the correct answer. The FAA doesn’t want people that freeze under pressure. They know they can train you to do the procedure correctly. Being able to make snappy decisions isn’t trainable though.
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#4950 ch1991 said:
Got a email today from HR. She said they haven't started filling July classes yet but I swear I saw that someone had a July date somewhere in here.
lol my start date is already in August and I’ve had that date for about a month
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#4951 Heatles305 said:
lol my start date is already in August and I’ve had that date for about a month
We're not talking tentative academy dates, we're talking basics.
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#4952 brsana said:
your POC will email you saying you're cleared and pending class date, but you can also email or call to find out...don't expect a quick reply though.
Perfect. Thanks 🙂
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#4953 dvinpayne said:
We're not talking tentative academy dates, we're talking basics.
Were talking about practice.
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#4954 32andBelow said:
Were talking about practice.
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#4955 Tkey said:
Can confidently say I wont be an air traffic controller ? feel like I bombed the test, I had like 5 crashes in the sim, ran out of time for reading comprehension and logical reasoning started guessing at the end...overall feeling defeated congrats to everyone who makes it!
I thought I bombed it too, but I ended up BQ, don't count yourself out
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#4956 redsphanatic said:
I thought I bombed it too. Just keep the faith. I ended up getting Best Qualified and now at the academy. That test is bogus anyway...
What do you think is "bogus" about the test? I don't think the ATSA is infallible by any means. Don't have much of a personal opinion at all on it. Just curious.
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#4957 The ATSA isn’t perfect, but I wouldn’t call it “bogus.” It was designed by people with a bunch more letters after their names than any of us. The point of the test is not to determine if you’ll be a good controller, or even if you’re capable of doing the job. It’s trying to determine if you display characteristics that are considered important in ATC: prioritization, spatial awareness, memory recall, etc.
There are thousands and thousands of people that apply to each OTS bid, but only a limited number of spots in OKC. They have to narrow down the pool somehow and the ATSA is the main tool to accomplish it.
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#4958 ClearanceClarence said:
The ATSA isn’t perfect, but I wouldn’t call it “bogus.” It was designed by people with a bunch more letters after their names than any of us. The point of the test is not to determine if you’ll be a good controller, or even if you’re capable of doing the job. It’s trying to determine if you display characteristics that are considered important in ATC: prioritization, spatial awareness, memory recall, etc.
There are thousands and thousands of people that apply to each OTS bid, but only a limited number of spots in OKC. They have to narrow down the pool somehow and the ATSA is the main tool to accomplish it.
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#4959 Finally got that long awaited phone call! Enroute 7/20/21! I started a thread for our class.
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#4960 js1031 said:
Finally got that long awaited phone call! Enroute 7/20/21! I started a thread for our class.
Get ready for Jackson Low!
