Hiring Bid FAA-ATO-20-ALLSRCE-65607

Update from our instructors at the academy (take this with a grain of salt): the FAA is planning on having a new class start every 5 days in fiscal year 2022 as opposed to every other week or two like it currently is. We’ve also heard they plan on staying at 8 people, but could possibly bump that up to 12 if they can figure out the social distancing issue. Most likely will stay at 8 though because social distancing is a big concern here and they don’t have room to have 12 desks socially distant in the classrooms. So hopefully if that new class every 5 days thing is true, y’all will get here a little quicker

ninerfour said:

Update from our instructors at the academy (take this with a grain of salt): the FAA is planning on having a new class start every 5 days in fiscal year 2022 as opposed to every other week or two like it currently is. We’ve also heard they plan on staying at 8 people, but could possibly bump that up to 12 if they can figure out the social distancing issue. Most likely will stay at 8 though because social distancing is a big concern here and they don’t have room to have 12 desks socially distant in the classrooms. So hopefully if that new class every 5 days thing is true, y’all will get here a little quicker

Id actually believe them cus they are prolly figuring out their staffing rotations

32andBelow said:

Id actually believe them cus they are prolly figuring out their staffing rotations

That’s probably why there is a delay for upcoming classes starting in October?

ogthebear said:

That’s probably why there is a delay for upcoming classes starting in October?

That’s prolly the budget needs to be passed

32andBelow said:

That’s prolly the budget needs to be passed

When does the budget usually pass, end of August?

ogthebear said:

When does the budget usually pass, end of August?

Well the fiscal year is October. So it passes anytime between august and December

ogthebear said:

If you receive clearance and pass the MMPI first.

Lmaooo

ogthebear said:

When does the budget usually pass, end of August?

Oh my sweet summer child...

ninerfour said:

Update from our instructors at the academy (take this with a grain of salt): the FAA is planning on having a new class start every 5 days in fiscal year 2022 as opposed to every other week or two like it currently is. We’ve also heard they plan on staying at 8 people, but could possibly bump that up to 12 if they can figure out the social distancing issue. Most likely will stay at 8 though because social distancing is a big concern here and they don’t have room to have 12 desks socially distant in the classrooms. So hopefully if that new class every 5 days thing is true, y’all will get here a little quicker

**COVID has entered the chat. ?

ninerfour said:

Update from our instructors at the academy (take this with a grain of salt): the FAA is planning on having a new class start every 5 days in fiscal year 2022 as opposed to every other week or two like it currently is. We’ve also heard they plan on staying at 8 people, but could possibly bump that up to 12 if they can figure out the social distancing issue. Most likely will stay at 8 though because social distancing is a big concern here and they don’t have room to have 12 desks socially distant in the classrooms. So hopefully if that new class every 5 days thing is true, y’all will get here a little quicker

I would be surprised, or I wonder if that's more for enroute. I'm currently doing terminal classes at the academy and our instructor is pulling double-shifts almost everyday to cover staffing 🙁 not sure if it's because of low budget or they aren't able to hire enough instructors

Xenbear said:

I would be surprised, or I wonder if that's more for enroute. I'm currently doing terminal classes at the academy and our instructor is pulling double-shifts almost everyday to cover staffing 🙁 not sure if it's because of low budget or they aren't able to hire enough instructors

Yeah our instructors have been doing a lot of doubles as well. We asked them what the staffing situation was like and if they were getting ready to hire a ton of instructors and they said they’ll need to, but they don’t have a ton of retired controllers wanting to be instructors. So they’d have to figure out the staffing situation first

Well bois, heres to another new month and hope they passed the new budget for next year and our class dates!

Have a good week everyone

Alfa Mike said:

Have a good week everyone

Are you threatening me? This seems too nice

Alright, let's hear about some class dates. Give me some good news people!

robertvmarshall said:

Alright, let's hear about some class dates. Give me some good news people!

meanwhile still waiting on my CIL lol

I might go in to a medical coma after I get cleared, just to make the days go by faster 😉

The waiting is brutal lol. About ready to quit my job and go live in my timeshare in Mexico for a few more weeks

ashton_cali said:

The waiting is brutal lol. About ready to quit my job and go live in my timeshare in Mexico for a few more weeks

I'll bring the tequila if there's an extra room lol

Anyone ever thought about applying to be an RPO at the academy while they wait for a date?

Which prep program you think is better? ATCPrep or JobTestPrep?