Air traffic students tell congresswoman FAA diversity rules are unfair

[fholbert]

Air traffic students at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California, tell congresswoman Federal Aviation Administration diversity rules are unfair

WALNUT >> A dozen students whose applications for air traffic controller jobs were rejected by the Federal Aviation Administration because they failed a newly-instituted psychological screening test received assurances from a congresswoman that she’d investigate the matter.

Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-El Monte, visited Mt. San Antonio College Thursday and promised the aeronautical students she would get their voices heard in Washington, and if necessary, hand deliver their applications to FAA Administrator Michael P. Huerta.

Napolitano said the new “biographical questionnaire” instituted for the first time in February when the FAA set out to hire 1,300 flight controllers is denying qualified applicants with degrees in aviation science and in some cases, pilot licenses, a chance at a job.

More Here: http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2014/04/air-traffic-students-at-mt-san-antonio.html

 

[ChasenSFO]

So random...friends with CTI degrees and friends who scored WQ previously and never got a call get rejections, people who were barely taking it seriously get the call for the AT-SAT. I was expecting it to be a crap shoot, but I really feel for a lot of those who failed the BQ. Maybe they'll revisit that idea.

 

[Bernoulli Fan]

It's too bad the print media got ahold of the inane hiring criteria now in effect, but turned the focus of the story onto an invented clash between "off the street" and CTI.

 

[smack300]

Strange, I go there and didn't hear anything about talking to congresswomen. But, a lot of us did fail that test. No idea why. I hope they change it and open another hiring window. Feel kind of stupid for taking the classes at college now that they are not required. And it didn't even help me get the opportunity to take the AT-SAT.