FAA Email?
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ATC RET 2003
No More Vectors
I mean no sarcasm with this question... I was curious about this before Beehives reply above, which spurred me to go ahead and ask:
Isn't the question that the FAA is asking pretty much exactly the same thing that nearly everyone on these forums has been trying (in many cases for months on end and in nearly every case with precious little success) to find out from the the outfit that was contracted to run the hiring process... by the FAA?
That really bothered me. This is the reply I sent:
"Dear Ms. Navarrete:
Thank you very much for respecting my privacy by sharing my e-mail address (which incidentally contains my first and last name) with tens of other applicants. It comes to no surprise that the FAA is unable to keep track of each candidate's hiring status when its employees are unable to figure out how to properly use something as simple as the Bcc: feature on their mail client.
For what it's worth, here's where I stand:
(I typed a date next to each of the 10 steps I completed)"
Flaflaflofly
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"Dear Ms. Navarrete:
Thank you very much for respecting my privacy by sharing my e-mail address (which incidentally contains my first and last name) with tens of other applicants. It comes to no surprise that the FAA is unable to keep track of each candidate's hiring status when its employees are unable to figure out how to properly use something as simple as the Bcc: feature on their mail client." By the way it was almost 800 but who's counting?
:yeahthat:
I did not have the nerve to say anything. I did ask if there is anything I could do to speed up the process. Then I thought about it and they probably won't read all 800 replies.
Everyone should be aware if you get any e-mails requesting personal information make sure it is legit.
Thank you very much for respecting my privacy by sharing my e-mail address (which incidentally contains my first and last name) with tens of other applicants. It comes to no surprise that the FAA is unable to keep track of each candidate's hiring status when its employees are unable to figure out how to properly use something as simple as the Bcc: feature on their mail client." By the way it was almost 800 but who's counting?
:yeahthat:
I did not have the nerve to say anything. I did ask if there is anything I could do to speed up the process. Then I thought about it and they probably won't read all 800 replies.
Everyone should be aware if you get any e-mails requesting personal information make sure it is legit.
Beehive
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SoonerATC
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Ouch - that's a quick way to get your application eliminated. Sarcasm is not appreciated by anyone, I assure you. You insulted both her and her employer - what makes you think in any way that they'd want to hire you now? I don't care what college you graduated from or what your qualifications are, if you sent that email to me and I was a hiring manager, I sure as hell wouldn't hire you.
The FAA may have its problems, but you're still the one seeking employment from them. Don't forget that.
Edward
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Spoke with OKC yesterday, and it looks like the hiring contractors/FAA HQ/ and OKC have their hiring numbers jacked up....
Uh oh! Does this mean that they have already hired a lot and will be slowing down, or does it mean that they still need to hire a lot more?
Beehive
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ABC wrote that he/she had completed each of the ten steps, so he/she is in OKC.
I got $100 that says I will still be hired. Wanna bet? And they are not hiring me because of my college degree, qualifications, or any other reason, but just because I have a pulse, scored high enough on the ATSAT, and my background is squeaky clean. It's unfortunate, but nowadays that's all the FAA is looking for in a controller and from what I read on this website I am not even sure about the squeaky clean background part anymore.
By the way, Beehive, I am not in OKC and I don't even have a firm offer yet. I only attended the PEPC.
MrFent
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It seems to me the only reason they sent the e-mail is cause they are trying to weed out the ones no longer interested by eliminating those who don't respond to the e-mail. Nice of them to make us wait up to a year or more for them to get their act together in this hiring process, while they give us just one week to get ours.
Beehive
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Ok well I did not even receive the email. How am I supposed to interpret that? I may not have been as far along in the process as some of you however. I am on a few referral lists, but I have not been contacted for an interview. I hope my application is not being trashed. That email is very concerning.