flywithmyeyesclosed
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my friend finished training in OKC for a Center back on July 18th. ever since then she goes into work and spends a lot of her day studying, and some of the day plugged in with a certified controller (just listening and learning, not controlling). she is waiting for date to go down to the DAISIM, which is the simulator for Trainees at a center. she expects to get in on December 1st. they go through a month of classroom work, then 3 months of the simulator. every 2 weeks they have to do a "Problem", and if they fail the problem they get ONE chance to try again. if they fail it again they get fired. they have had 4 people fail out of the current DAISIM class...once done with the simulator you go on the floor and plug in and control traffic with a CPC right next to you. you need to get fully checked out on 2 sections of your sector in order to hit the 25% completed with training, and get the first pay increase. also, when you are checked out on those 2 then you can do overtime. after that you just keep working to get checked out on the other sections in your sector.
That sounds pretty intense. I've heard of people not making it at centers due to failing the "problem."