Hiring Bid FAA-ATO-23-ATCEXP-82723 (Prior Experience)

Just curious...Anyone here still awaiting a flight surgeon review that applied on this bid, and completed AME exam prior to July 2023?

Applegate said:

Just curious...Anyone here still awaiting a flight surgeon review that applied on this bid, and completed AME exam prior to July 2023?

I am. Seems like they have something against bad apples.

Apple-saucer said:

I am. Seems like they have something against bad apples.

Lol...I guess so.

Finally have some progress. Medical POC said I have to do a drug test refresh. I submitted extra documents about 6 ½ months ago.

Apple-saucer said:

Finally have some progress. Medical POC said I have to do a drug test refresh. I submitted extra documents about 6 ½ months ago.

Awesome! Besides the drug test, are you medically cleared?

Applegate said:

Awesome! Besides the drug test, are you medically cleared?

Not to my knowledge. I've read around that they wouldn't be asking for another test if it wasn't almost done. My original test was 10/25/23 and I believe they expire after 6 months.

Apple-saucer said:

Finally have some progress. Medical POC said I have to do a drug test refresh. I submitted extra documents about 6 ½ months ago.

I received a similar notice yesterday, and I replied with the requested info right away. Did they schedule your test yet?

Applegate said:

I received a similar notice yesterday, and I replied with the requested info right away. Did they schedule your test yet?

Yea, for this Tuesday. The 4th.

Apple-saucer said:

Yea, for this Tuesday. The 4th.

Cool. I'm still waiting to be scheduled.

Medical cleared. Now waiting for a list.

Apple-saucer said:

Medical cleared. Now waiting for a list.

Congrats!!! Such a long time coming.

WT94 said:

Well gents, I won't be getting a facility preference list. I was offered a direct hire to FAI, which is exactly what I wanted (shocking, I know--but I'm already in the area.)

Good luck to the rest of you all! Maybe one or two more will pick/be given FAI 🙂 Don't be scared of the weather--it *legitimately* is something you get used to. Nobody is really outside for very long in the worst part of winter, anyway, except for nutjobs.

Never heard of direct hire. Does that have to do with veterans preference?

Shamboner said:

Never heard of direct hire. Does that have to do with veterans preference?

More to do with their experience being a fit somewhere that they struggle to get people to. JCF and FAI are the 2 common ones the last couple of years. Mainly JCF but they’ll offer you that facility in lieu of a list. If you decline it, they’ll get you a list at some point

Shamboner said:

Never heard of direct hire. Does that have to do with veterans preference?

I didn't put any veteran's preference into my application. I honestly don't know how much of a factor me reaching out to the ATM at the time played into me getting a direct hire.

The official answer HR will give is "we don't do direct hires." The non-official answer (as far as I understand), is that at hard-to-staff locations, regional hiring managers can have some pull when it comes to bringing people to their facility who want to be there. Whether it was the ATM talking to our regional hiring manager, or some other sort of FAA voodoo, it happened. I was stationed at Eielson prior to applying, so that could have also been a factor. Who knows, honestly. The FAA should do stuff like they did for me more often.

WT94 said:

I didn't put any veteran's preference into my application. I honestly don't know how much of a factor me reaching out to the ATM at the time played into me getting a direct hire.

The official answer HR will give is "we don't do direct hires." The non-official answer (as far as I understand), is that at hard-to-staff locations, regional hiring managers can have some pull when it comes to bringing people to their facility who want to be there. Whether it was the ATM talking to our regional hiring manager, or some other sort of FAA voodoo, it happened. I was stationed at Eielson prior to applying, so that could have also been a factor. Who knows, honestly. The FAA should do stuff like they did for me more often.

Friend of mine got multiple direct offers while waiting for a list, without ever reaching out to any of those ATMs. They were all bad locations though so they turned them down.

Slarti Bartfast said:

Friend of mine got multiple direct offers while waiting for a list, without ever reaching out to any of those ATMs. They were all bad locations though so they turned them down.

Interesting. Like I said, who knows what it was that got me the offer. It may have been pure coincidence that I was seeking FAI and got the offer directly.

WT94 said:

Interesting. Like I said, who knows what it was that got me the offer. It may have been pure coincidence that I was seeking FAI and got the offer directly.

Yeah a lot of people get offered specifically FAI before they get a facility list and sometimes other hard to staff facilities. Not everyone gets the offer but if you reached out saying you were interested then I'm really not surprised you got offered FAI

Anyone know when the next batch of TOLs will be sent out? Patiently waiting for 4 months now lol

Slingin_Friar said:

Anyone know when the next batch of TOLs will be sent out? Patiently waiting for 4 months now lol

Ever get it? I’ve been waiting almost 5 now

JasonBourne said:

Ever get it? I’ve been waiting almost 5 now

Yes TOL received 09 December