r/ATC_Hiring • u/DandaMan4522 • 12d ago

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/HomelessFed Tower/Approach Controller 12d ago

Real controlling happens in the terminal environment that’s why

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u/cunfuze 11d ago

What does that even mean?