Announcement Ending 05/02

nathanw said:
A week or two after the last testing happens across the nation you will get an email to pick your geographic preferences. A month or so after that they do the referral lists. 1-2 weeks later the panels meet. 1-2 weeks after that you (hopefully) get an email inviting you to a PEPC. Times are approximate, your results may vary. Void where prohibited.

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Thanks for the info. Any clue how specific you can be on a location preference without getting frowned upon? I know they probably want ppl to be flexible, but I REALLY would like to stay in my area if possible.
 
Kinda 0ff-track...but does anyone know...on the practice section of the SCAN test...after you do it it says "aircraft avoided correctly/incorrectly" wtf does that apply to?

I mean, common sense would suggest that it's preventing the blocks from touching each other, but they move so fast it's not like they're even travelling but rather just blinking a few times then disappear.
The point of this being...is this graded on on the AT-SAT?



In regards to flexiblity...I imagine like a ARTCC region would be flexible enough...but then I don't know.
But that'd cover 1 ARTCC and a good lot of TRACONs. Or state-wide(depending what state you're in).

Being in Florida...I have like 9 to choose from in this state alone...
 
Manders79 said:
Thanks for the info. Any clue how specific you can be on a location preference without getting frowned upon? I know they probably want ppl to be flexible, but I REALLY would like to stay in my area if possible.
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You can probably be as specific as you want, it still doesn't mean they will put you there. It still wouldn't hurt to try. They do have a comments section for a reason.
 
ATCproMatt said:
Kinda 0ff-track...but does anyone know...on the practice section of the SCAN test...after you do it it says "aircraft avoided correctly/incorrectly" wtf does that apply to?

I mean, common sense would suggest that it's preventing the blocks from touching each other, but they move so fast it's not like they're even travelling but rather just blinking a few times then disappear.
The point of this being...is this graded on on the AT-SAT?
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I'm assuming that means...

Correctly: Number of aircraft you correctly entered (outside of range)

Incorrectly: Number of aircraft you incorrectly entered (inside of range)


And don't sweat it too much, it seemed much easier on the test. The range doesn't change nearly as much.
 
K-Dog said:
Yeah, that's where I crashed my planes too. They either knicked the airport wall on the way in or the knicked the exits on the way out. this happened when I thought they were good to go and was just letting them do their thing...unfortunatley I guess they were a little "off" and it was hard to tell that when they were clear across the screen and I had set them in motion. Of course, I have to think that lining up with an exit in a 40 thousand foot wall around the airport would probably be the job of the pilot...as long as I get him close:laff:
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I moved each aircraft like 3 times before they exited because I was so afraid of a repeat of the airport wall incident :banghead:
 
Originally Posted by Manders79
Thanks for the info. Any clue how specific you can be on a location preference without getting frowned upon? I know they probably want ppl to be flexible, but I REALLY would like to stay in my area if possible.

I selected only GA in my geo pref and in the comments requested ZTL, ATL ATCT, or ATL Tracon. I am interviewing for ZTL this month. You can be pretty specific, but it doesn't mean you will get it.
 
ATCproMatt said:
Being in Florida...I have like 9 to choose from in this state alone...
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Where in Florida wouldyou like to go? I am wanting to try to get a spot down there as well, especially MCO, but I have heard a lot of the senior controllers try to go there to retire. I would be flexible with anywhere, but taking into consideration the cost of living, I would want to stay out of South Florida. $100k does not get you anything there...
 
Hey does anyone know what is the last test date in the nation? I want to know so as to when I should expect another email for geographic pref. email being that I got looked over on the last one.
 
atcplt said:
Hey does anyone know what is the last test date in the nation? I want to know so as to when I should expect another email for geographic pref. email being that I got looked over on the last one.
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Last date for the whole 5/2 pool is July 18th
 
wynnpoe3 said:
Where in Florida wouldyou like to go? I am wanting to try to get a spot down there as well, especially MCO, but I have heard a lot of the senior controllers try to go there to retire. I would be flexible with anywhere, but taking into consideration the cost of living, I would want to stay out of South Florida. $100k does not get you anything there...
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Look into KSFB, Orlando-Sanford International...they do a lot of international flights from England, Iceland, etc...also one local company still flies out of there...Allegiant Air. I did all of my flight training out of there...been in the tower a bunch of times. Great people there. Seems like it would be a great airport to control at...(Especially if you can speak and understand broken-English-Chinese..(There's a TON of Chinese students there.))
 
Hey guys!
I have been reading for awhile now, since sending my app on asap. I am taking AT-SAT on friday. Stupid question time... Does everyone get selected to take to AT-SAT?
Thanks
 
flygvapnet said:
Hey guys!
I have been reading for awhile now, since sending my app on asap. I am taking AT-SAT on friday. Stupid question time... Does everyone get selected to take to AT-SAT?
Thanks
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Tough love for you... NO, THEY'RE NOT!

There, I said it much nicer than these other fools... hehe :)
 
flygvapnet said:
Hey guys!
I have been reading for awhile now, since sending my app on asap. I am taking AT-SAT on friday. Stupid question time... Does everyone get selected to take to AT-SAT?
Thanks
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Ha.. And they say there is no stupid question.:p There should be a requirements section err sumthin on the announcement but it's either your work experience or schooling or a mixture of the two. I'm too lazy to find the thread but just keep reading its in here somewhere.
 
wynnpoe3 said:
Where in Florida wouldyou like to go? I am wanting to try to get a spot down there as well, especially MCO, but I have heard a lot of the senior controllers try to go there to retire. I would be flexible with anywhere, but taking into consideration the cost of living, I would want to stay out of South Florida. $100k does not get you anything there...
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Where in the hell do you think you're going to make 100k as a controller under the new pay system? That was a good one.:panic:
 
ATLTRACON said:
Where in the hell do you think you're going to make 100k as a controller under the new pay system? That was a good one.:panic:
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You know, I almost made a special reference to a select few of you guys to limit the amount of grief I would get, and I'm actually surprised it took this long to hear anything back from you. I wasn't saying that I would be making that much, I was just pointing out the fact that in, say Miami, $100k wont get you jack. Just making a reference to the cost of living factor.

Off to ATL for a tower visit and the ATSAT tomorrow. Vacation, here I come.....
 
anyone know much about MSY or any other airports in Louisiana? just curious. i haven't heard (read) anyone say (write) anything about that area in all the forums.... ??? do we exist down here below sea level?:confused:
 
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