Nope. They just cancelled a eff ton of Academy classes. Something like only 3 classes between now and April will run and a bunch of instructors are getting laid off. Think it’s due to delays with medical so they couldn’t fill them.
Woah, what the hell? I like how the FAA likes to pretend they aren't hitting a critical point in their ability to staff facilities, sheesh.
Well, I think I did better this year than last year. It was almost the same test, except the "numerical differences" stage where the numbers flash on the screen for 2 seconds each time had 10 damn rounds! My eyes were just about burning by the end, and the last 2 or 3 rounds I made several stupid mistakes after missing very few the first 7-8. They also made the word problem round much more difficult, I think I bombed that section. 19 minutes to answer 15 questions that I don't think I could properly figure out in 15 minutes. The details were so abstract and the questions so much trickier than the last 2 years that I struggled very much. An example would be as follows:
There are 12 books on a shelf. 3 are employee manuals, 2 are employee reviews, 4 are HR manuals, and 3 are employee records. The employee records are all kept together. The HR manuals are neither the first or the last books. The employee manuals and employee reviews are in no specific order.
Which of the following statements are true?
A) The 12th book has to be an employee manual.
B) An employee review book has to be next to an HR manual.
C) The 4th book must be an employee review.
D) No employee manuals are next to Handbooks.
E) An HR manual must be the 4th book and the 6th book.
F) The first book must be an employee manual.
First off, eff them for giving me 19 minutes and 6 choices. Second off, I have no idea what the answer is, I bombed this stuff. Only 4 or 5 of the questions were easily solved, the rest were educated guesses or even blind guesses. Harder than any testing I've ever done in school of that kind, that is for sure. Reading Comprehension, however, didn't change much and I did very well there.
A little nervous, since last year I did well to "OK" in just about every section, where as this year I did well to extremely well in every section, and then totally bombed one. One which I would argue has nothing to do with ATC, as the data isn't that convoluted. Either way, I've been the first person done with the test all 3 times I've taken it now, and passed the other 2 though not hired from the pool. Most of the rounds are timed no matter how well you do, and I usually use the entire allotted time, so perhaps everyone else is just stuck on the directions as I can't figure out how I keep being the last person in the room and the first person out. It never fails to make me nervous, lol. I did go over by 2 minutes on the personality test(it seemed a little more...odd this year), so just relax and don't take your time. Some of the questions are worded in a way where you may honestly not be sure how to answer them, but don't get hung up like I did. Going over hurts your score and there is NO TIMER. You don't find out you're over time in the personality section until you complete it, thanks FAA.
Did anyone else take it?