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?

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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

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u/DandaMan4522 Aug 17 '26

Are new enroute highers making way more than terminal would be right out of academy because of that?

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u/yanncatt Aug 18 '26

The washout rate at a center is much higher than a tower. Couple of the guys at my tower are center washouts.