Pubnat 5/6

I would take the exam in whatever you can see best. I am going to the doctor to get a new glasses prescription but I am going to bail on the contacts for now. I am not going to even take them with me. You only need to either use glasses or contacts not both.
 
dogleish99 said:
I would take the exam in whatever you can see best. I am going to the doctor to get a new glasses prescription but I am going to bail on the contacts for now. I am not going to even take them with me. You only need to either use glasses or contacts not both.
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Thanks, ya'll. I've started into freak-out mode again.

Speaking of that...have we picked a day to start wondering why our E-QIP hasn't gotten to us yet? The way I figure it, the email said 10-14 days prior to the PEPC. That makes it between June 8-12. So can we start stressing on Monday or should we wait til Wednesday or Thursday? :D I'm totally just joking (kinda). But seriously? When can I freak? :p
 
mbalunda said:
You'll need to read all the letters on the 20/20 line....if you can't do that it won't be considered 20/20 vision.

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I've gotta say 20/4 vision is pretty insane. I can hardly read that on my monitor....let alone from 20 feet away
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Is this picture actually the correct scale? Or is it smaller than the real size of the chart?
Because I can't read the 20/20 line 20 feet from my computer LOL :panic:
 
Got the email this morning, ZSE... first choice. Hooray. Only took a year and two days to receive an offer for an interview. Imagine if that were the case in any other career field...

For those still waiting, you're probably tired of hearing it, but don't give up hope. I was passed over in the 3/4 panels, so if anyone knows what it feels like, I do. I decided that I wouldn't take it lying down, and spent the following months calling, writing and visiting at least a hundred different facility mangers, training managers, ops managers, other people with manager in their title, NATCA reps, and various people in the FAA offices, going nearly all the way to the top, just to make sure that my name was known and that I was maximizing my chances of getting in. Even had a district manager try to push my name in with a group of re-hires a few weeks before the most recent panels -- I don't know whether it would've worked, since I told her that I may as well just wait to be processed with the rest of the group.

Anyways, just trying to instill some hope. I agree, the process sucks. It makes no sense. It's a lot of luck, and candidates which seem to be well qualified (literally, not as defined by the test scores) are passed over. But I know that if you're proactive and take control of what you can, it'll turn out for you as it has for me and the few others who've done the same. I know there'll be plenty of people who'll read this and say it's a crapshoot and reject what I'm saying as fallacious reasoning following a coincidental selection... fine, those are the ones who are leaving it to luck. Their loss. They won't have the relief of speaking with the person doing the selection for the facility they want to work in and hearing them tell you, "Oh, yeah, I've got your name here on the short list I'm taking with me to Oklahoma next week." Or getting an email saying that they came through for you a few weeks later.

Congratulations to those who received their emails, and good luck to those who haven't.
 
God-speed said:
Just looked it up on google.

Is this the real size ? check it out. change the view to actual size first

is this correct? 11'' x 17'' ?

http://www.hometrainingtools.com/images/art/CM-SNELLPA.pdf

I can def read the 20/20 line with no problem. But seems too big as well...lol

Never been to an eye doc yet. Going over the weekend.
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Yeah I need to go get my glasses redone. I can read the 20/20 line from 30 feet away with my left eye, but I can't see it at all with my right eye at 20 feet.
 
BigBOSS said:
Yeah I need to go get my glasses redone. I can read the 20/20 line from 30 feet away with my left eye, but I can't see it at all with my right eye at 20 feet.
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My co-workers think im crazy doing this exam right now LOL. Now all of a sudden, they tried testing their own eyes :laff:

This is what I call team work! :)
 
Rosstafari said:
Got the email this morning, ZSE... first choice. Hooray. Only took a year and two days to receive an offer for an interview. Imagine if that were the case in any other career field...

For those still waiting, you're probably tired of hearing it, but don't give up hope. I was passed over in the 3/4 panels, so if anyone knows what it feels like, I do. I decided that I wouldn't take it lying down, and spent the following months calling, writing and visiting at least a hundred different facility mangers, training managers, ops managers, other people with manager in their title, NATCA reps, and various people in the FAA offices, going nearly all the way to the top, just to make sure that my name was known and that I was maximizing my chances of getting in. Even had a district manager try to push my name in with a group of re-hires a few weeks before the most recent panels -- I don't know whether it would've worked, since I told her that I may as well just wait to be processed with the rest of the group.

Anyways, just trying to instill some hope. I agree, the process sucks. It makes no sense. It's a lot of luck, and candidates which seem to be well qualified (literally, not as defined by the test scores) are passed over. But I know that if you're proactive and take control of what you can, it'll turn out for you as it has for me and the few others who've done the same. I know there'll be plenty of people who'll read this and say it's a crapshoot and reject what I'm saying as fallacious reasoning following a coincidental selection... fine, those are the ones who are leaving it to luck. Their loss. They won't have the relief of speaking with the person doing the selection for the facility they want to work in and hearing them tell you, "Oh, yeah, I've got your name here on the short list I'm taking with me to Oklahoma next week." Or getting an email saying that they came through for you a few weeks later.

Congratulations to those who received their emails, and good luck to those who haven't.
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Congrats to you Rosstafari!

Personally I think I lucked out getting selected for the airport 5 minutes from my house, but I'm glad to finally see some of the others who have been waiting around for a while finally get selected.

Way to be part of the "2%" that gets selected!

Good luck to the rest of you as well! Don't give up hope!!!:rawk:
 
Zoesmom1020 said:
Now what happens if with your contacts you are 20/20 but with your glasses you are only 20/25? Does that matter? Do they both have to be 20/20?
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I'd suggest not wearing glasses then. You don't have to not wear your contacts...I think it just makes it easier. You are allowed to test with them, but they just want you to know that you will have to take them out at some point as well, and to be prepared for that.

When you take the vision test, the only thing that matters is your vision is 20/20. Doesn't really matter how you get there.
 
mbalunda said:
Is that the actual number? If so that is pretty crazy.
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Nobody knows for sure how many people have applied, but I know it's up there. Around 2% of people who apply actually make it to a facility and start training. Others do not get selected, DQ for some reason, or wash out.
 
Zoesmom1020 said:
Thanks, ya'll. I've started into freak-out mode again.

Speaking of that...have we picked a day to start wondering why our E-QIP hasn't gotten to us yet? The way I figure it, the email said 10-14 days prior to the PEPC. That makes it between June 8-12. So can we start stressing on Monday or should we wait til Wednesday or Thursday? :D I'm totally just joking (kinda). But seriously? When can I freak? :p
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I'll probably wait till the end of next week to start worrying. The PEPC confirmation e-mail said we'd get our forms and stuff in a week or so, and it was a week and 2 days after I got my confirmation that the detailed PEPC info emails went out. Given the way this process goes, I always plan the longest amount of time stated.
 
paulie6978 said:
anyone get picked up for PA yet?
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PA was my first choice and I was picked up for ZNY on [Edit: Tuesday]. To save you the trouble of going back and reading a ton of other posts, a lot of people had there ASAP messages changed on Monday to "Thank you for your interest, but another person has been selected..." As for me, my Pubnat5 was changed, but pubnat6 was unchanged, then on Tuesday I got the email. So, if at least one of your ASAP apps remains unchanged, there is still reason to hold out hope.



On another note, has anyone who got picked up this week or late last week recieved any email back after accepting their offer to interview? If I don't hear back by mid-afternoon I'm gonna be on the phone with ACD. My rep is C.C. Anyone know anything about her?
 
greg1016 said:
PA was my first choice and I was picked up for ZNY on [Edit: Tuesday]. To save you the trouble of going back and reading a ton of other posts, a lot of people had there ASAP messages changed on Monday to "Thank you for your interest, but another person has been selected..." As for me, my Pubnat5 was changed, but pubnat6 was unchanged, then on Tuesday I got the email. So, if at least one of your ASAP apps remains unchanged, there is still reason to hold out hope.



On another note, has anyone who got picked up this week or late last week recieved any email back after accepting their offer to interview? If I don't hear back by mid-afternoon I'm gonna be on the phone with ACD. My rep is C.C. Anyone know anything about her?
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HR Reps don't really have phone numbers... Just voicemail boxes. Just an FYI for all of you thinking about actually SPEAKING with your HR rep.

Mine is pissed at me anyways. I asked too many questions about class dates.
 
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