Maximum starting age ATC

[hotice]

What is the maximum age to become an air traffic controller?

 

[AirAlgerie]

What is the maximum age to become an air traffic controller?

it was 30 when i wanted to apply ( Through Vaughn college) about 2 years ago

 

[mikeswise]

it was 30 when i wanted to apply ( Through Vaughn college) about 2 years ago

It is still the same. You must be hired before your 31st birthday.

 

[aloft]

Because only the federal government can legally practice age discrimination.

 

[MFT1Air]

Because only the federal government can legally practice age discrimination.

:yeahthat:

 

[tk727]

Everyone is correct, you have to be hired by your 31st b-day. I am not 100% sure what they considered hired though. I assumed it meant you had to be sworn in as a govt employee by the time you turned 31. However, I started the academy last week & there is one person in my class who was already 31 when we started. So, maybe you just have to have your FOL by your b-day.

 

[Barty]

You have to have received and accepted a tentative offer by your 31st birthday. I squeaked in with barely a week to spare.

 

[LawnGnome]

Actually...the "hired by 31" only applies to federal employment. You can work contract air traffic control if you are 100 years old, as long as you can obtain or keep a class II physical.

 

[Vector4Food]

Come to Canada, we just hired a guy who is 37.

 

[papag]

Come to Canada, we just hired a guy who is 37.

Do you have a mandatory retirement age in NAVCAN?

 

[Juliet Lima]

you guys are all wrong. the maximum hiring age for ATC is 36. The DOD has an age limit of 36.

The contract tower program does NOT have a maximum age. So guess what? You guys were assuming the OP meant the maximum FAA age...why would u assume?