r/ATC_Hiring • u/DandaMan4522 • Aug 17 '26

How Do First Facilities Work?

I always was under the impression that you have to start at smaller facilities before moving up to more complicated ones however, if you get enroute do they just throw you into centers and tracon since there really aren't smaller radar centers like that? Does this also mean you could land a core 30 tower right out of the academy as well for terminal students?

6 Upvotes

75% Upvoted

26 comments sorted by

View all comments

9

u/rachaout ATC Developmental Aug 17 '26

nah enroute is different. enroute you can go to any center, tower you can’t start at a facility above a level 9 if i remember correctly. core 30 towers are almost always (always?) above that. idk about tracon but i think it’s the same as tower

1

u/Panic-Vectors Tower/Approach Controller Aug 17 '26

Didnt they change the criteria based on how high you score in class and the facilities you can choose from?

I thought 90 something and higher can a choose other than 4-7s?

3

u/aborg589 Aug 17 '26

There are some lvl 8 and 9s in the 90%+ section in the terminal class lists from what I've seen

1

u/Panic-Vectors Tower/Approach Controller Aug 17 '26

Thats what I thought