FAA Hiring Process Revamped

@ChasenSFO suggested I just leave this right here... :)

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The whole system has been F'd since the mid-80's. Good thing, though, or I'd have had a career at Palmdale center rather than as a UPS 767 Captain.
 
I applied and haven't received a rejection email, but I also haven't seen a change in my USA jobs status. It still says received. My girlfriend received a rejection email. Does this mean that I have made it to the next phase or have they not sent out all the rejection emails?
 
From what I understand, they didn't look at anybodies resume. You either passed the BQ, or you failed. Work experience/Resume had nothing to do with it.

What I don't understand is how many people were failed...seems odd that they would only give out a limited amount of ATSAT's but they do cost money. Trying to make sense of what they are looking for will just leave your head spinning. I know of 6 or 7 other grads from my CTI program who passed, but the majority didn't.
 
I got the big red message as well. Very strange, but I'm not upset over it. I really feel bad for all these people with relevant experience.
 
nabbyfan said:
I broke down and called the FAA HR, and they looked me up and told me I passed the BQ. Very relieved....on to the next step!

Sorry to everybody that didn't make it this time, I'm sure they will have quite a few more hiring announcements in the future!
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Nabbyfan did your account show a change in status? Did you contact the FAA National Headquarters or one of the regions?
 
loui86dz said:
Nabbyfan did your account show a change in status? Did you contact the FAA National Headquarters or one of the regions?
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I called them in OKC. Took her 30 seconds to look me up and verify I had passed the BQ. If you don't still have the green check mark on Aviator, you did not pass the BQ.
 
loui86dz said:
I applied and haven't received a rejection email, but I also haven't seen a change in my USA jobs status. It still says received. My girlfriend received a rejection email. Does this mean that I have made it to the next phase or have they not sent out all the rejection emails?
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If you have a green check then you should be okay.
 
Matthew White said:
Apparently they don't like the qualified applicants personalities...
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Based on the bio-q questions and explanation I received on my Aviator fail notice, high school grades, number of sports played in high school, and number of college credit hours taken in art/music/dance/drama apparently determine, at least in part, who has a good shot at making CPC. The FAA armed with a "talent management" metrics company...what could possibly go wrong? :rolleyes:
 
I hear tell of at least a couple of FAA REINST (that'd be FAA CPCs who resigned and are applying back) who didn't pass the BQ. Apparently according to the metrics they'd make horrible controllers. There you have it folks. Millions paid for a 60 question test to weed out who has a resume we should look at. This wouldn't be so bad if they had a legit screen, but they don't. I wouldn't be surprised if my next trainee won't know what a Boeing is.

I intend to be brutally honest on any OJTI forms I write in the future. I'm done with keeping up with the process. If military controllers (or former FAA CPCs) with two enlistments under their belts and vet pref points are being weeded out before anyone even sees their resume, I fully expect those hired in their stead to be on the ball each and every time. I won't be overlooking mistakes because its only their 30th hour on the sector.
 
No offence to all you "A" students out there but in my 30 years of ATC it appears the best controllers are people with higher IQs that were under achievers in high school and college.
 
Oh, I under achieved in high school. I under achieved so much that they probably should have given me an award. I don't think I could have done anything less and still passed. That has to be harder to get right then all A's?

I shaped up in college, though. I understand what CAMI is saying but I also think we were all completely different people in high school. Although, what really got me in high school is the same thing now: if I don't care then I don't care. I didn't care about learning the history of the color wheel. I actually failed art in high school. College and training I did a complete 180. Even the stupid classes in college...I guess I matured enough to care about my GPA
 
atracnitrix said:
Where is this "green check"? Would it be the one on the FAA page that USAJobs links you to when you try to find more info on the app status?
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Thats the one. If you have the green check on Aviator, you are likely through to the ATSAT. I've heard that HR is manually going through the resumes of everybody that passed the BQ and verifying that they met the minimum requirements, and calling people for more information if they need it.

Lady I spoke to on the phone said information about the ATSAT should be available in a few weeks. I'm curious as to where they will hold it...people from all over the country must have passed the BQ and I'm not exactly sure how they will decide what cities will host the test.
 
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