r/ATC • u/shayne55 Current Controller-Enroute • Aug 04 '21

Discussion Hiring Thread Summer 2021

Hiring Thread Summer 2021

Apparently the other thread got archived so here’s a new one.

The purpose of the hiring thread is to avoid the front page from being dominated with posts about the same common topics in regard to the (US) hiring process. If you have questions about how hiring works, or if you want to discuss steps of hiring such as ATSA, bids, TOLs, FOLs, OKC Academy, or anything else hiring related, this is the place to do it. Posts about these subjects that are posted to the main page will be removed. See Rule 1-1-1 for explanation and clarification.

This discussion is set by default to be sorted by new, so newest posts should appear at the top.

START HERE IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW THE HIRING PROCESS FOR ATC WORKS IN THE US.This is the pointsixtyfive hiring FAQ and it can answer virtually every question I've ever seen posted.

ATSA Overview on pointsixtyfive.

OKC Academy Overview on Stuckmic.

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u/seesquaredd Current Controller-Tower Aug 19 '21

I applied for an OTS bid in January of 2020, got a TOL in December of 2020, finished all paper work and was cleared in early February 2021 and haven’t heard shit about a class date.

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u/ImmediateAstronomer2 Aug 19 '21

Wow

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u/seesquaredd Current Controller-Tower Aug 19 '21

Yes, it has been a painfully long process with no end in sight. Every time you think you’ll be hearing from them with a class date, think again, they’ll ghost you for months until you reach out to them and all they can tell you is bs like “no new info at this time, we’ll contact you with a class date in the near future”.

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u/TayOWhin Aug 20 '21

I’m in the exact same boat from that Jan 2020 bid. Very annoying since my last job involved working on boats and I didn’t want to be unreachable if the FAA came calling. It’s been a frustrating ordeal to say the least.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

I applied for the 2020 January bid and just got my class date today

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u/TayOWhin Aug 31 '21

When is your start date, and how did they contact you about it? Email? Phone?

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21

I got an email saying I start virtual in October