mekia
New Member
Hello everyone,
I am having a personal crisis right now, I'm hoping you can help me out. I start nursing school in 12 days. Before my ATC hopes, my goal was to become a nurse anesthetist. As a nurse anesthetist, I'd have more job security, more job oppertunities, and make more money with less stress (all I have to do is keep 1 person alive on an operatinng table :laff.
I would really love to become a controller, but it seems the FAA is a complete mess. The application process is annoying, I really dont want to imagine other processes once you get in. I end up asking myself why do I want to do this? Are thing better on the inside? I get the feeling everything is so disjointed.
I have vision issues, and will be getting LASIK to get into OKC. 10 years from now, if I fail a medical exam - I'm fired. I don't want to be 40, and looking someplace to start a career, because I have exhausted this one. I get the feeling, they (the FAA) use what they can, and then you are just thrown aside. It feels like you have more job security working at McDonald's. Is there an appeal process, if you fail the medical? Are you given the chance to correct what ever is wrong?
I was one of those people who were saying "send me anywhere, Alaska, Hawaii or Guam", I just wanted to become a controller. I still want it more than anything, but it does not seem like the smart decision. If you have figured a way to deal with my "little" issues, help me please.
It is strange, I was so excited about this. I take pride in what I do. I wanted to start training and prove to my trainers that I was willing to work, and learn everything they had to teach me. I know that no one owes my anything, I planned on earning it. Please believe my when I say I am not just whinning. I really want this and hope that I am just thinking to much about the situation. I miss that excitment.
Current ATCers, if you had to do it over again, would you still become a controller.
ATLRACON, what do you think? Your honesty is refreshing .
I am having a personal crisis right now, I'm hoping you can help me out. I start nursing school in 12 days. Before my ATC hopes, my goal was to become a nurse anesthetist. As a nurse anesthetist, I'd have more job security, more job oppertunities, and make more money with less stress (all I have to do is keep 1 person alive on an operatinng table :laff.
I would really love to become a controller, but it seems the FAA is a complete mess. The application process is annoying, I really dont want to imagine other processes once you get in. I end up asking myself why do I want to do this? Are thing better on the inside? I get the feeling everything is so disjointed.
I have vision issues, and will be getting LASIK to get into OKC. 10 years from now, if I fail a medical exam - I'm fired. I don't want to be 40, and looking someplace to start a career, because I have exhausted this one. I get the feeling, they (the FAA) use what they can, and then you are just thrown aside. It feels like you have more job security working at McDonald's. Is there an appeal process, if you fail the medical? Are you given the chance to correct what ever is wrong?
I was one of those people who were saying "send me anywhere, Alaska, Hawaii or Guam", I just wanted to become a controller. I still want it more than anything, but it does not seem like the smart decision. If you have figured a way to deal with my "little" issues, help me please.
It is strange, I was so excited about this. I take pride in what I do. I wanted to start training and prove to my trainers that I was willing to work, and learn everything they had to teach me. I know that no one owes my anything, I planned on earning it. Please believe my when I say I am not just whinning. I really want this and hope that I am just thinking to much about the situation. I miss that excitment.
Current ATCers, if you had to do it over again, would you still become a controller.
ATLRACON, what do you think? Your honesty is refreshing .