The FAA is accepting applications for entry-level air traffic controller positions starting through July 14, 2017.
The agency is hoping to fill 1,400 jobs.
Those interested should log onto the federal government’s official job site, USAJOBS.gov. Applicants must meet minimum qualifications and other eligibility requirements, agency officials noted.
Applicants will be separated into two pools of candidates. Pool 1 will include graduates of an institution participating in the Collegiate Training Initiative program who provide an appropriate recommendation, as well as eligible veterans. Individuals who qualify for Pool 1 are not required to take a biographical assessment.
Pool 2 includes the general public.
Air Traffic Control Specialists are responsible for the safe, orderly, and expeditious movement of air traffic through the nation’s airspace. Trainees spend their first several months of employment in a training program at the FAA Academy located in Oklahoma City, and continue their training once they are placed at a facility.
Controllers receive a wide range of training in controlling and separating live air traffic within designated airspace at and around an air traffic control tower or radar approach control facility, or an air route traffic control center.
You can learn more about the air traffic controller profession, as well as an overview of the day-to-day work, at the FAA’s aviation careers page.
The FAA will be paying for training these guys possibly for the private corporation that the Feds want to replace FAA Air Traffic Control with. I hope the corporation doesn’t happen, but if it does, they should have to pay for the training that these new hires and also any controllers that they hire who were working for the FAA. What a mess that will be. in my opinion. I’ve been aviating for 65 years and flew airline for 30 years and I can say, without a doubt, we have the best air traffic control system in the world. I’m not an optimist when it comes to this.