Hey All-does the schedule for ATC basics stay set, or are you changing schedules(times) every week? Just trying to make some plans for my second week there. I'm assuming the first day at OKC it at 0800-1500. Any input would be GREATLY appreciated.
Class schedule changes every week in basics. Your first day will be 0700-1530. After that you will be 0700-1530 one week and 1530-0000 the next and so on and so forth.
Is there any sane reasoning behind this?
Maybe it's to see if you can handle shift work for the rest of your career.Is there any sane reasoning behind this?
Probably because someone didn't think it was fair to let a class keep the same shift the whole time, so they alternate.Is there any sane reasoning behind this?
Hey All-does the schedule for ATC basics stay set, or are you changing schedules(times) every week? Just trying to make some plans for my second week there. I'm assuming the first day at OKC it at 0800-1500. Any input would be GREATLY appreciated.
Day 2-evening shift- 2pm to 10:30
Day 3-day shift- 6am to 2:30pm
Am I calculating this wrong or is that really only seven and a half hours off between these two shifts?!?
Am I calculating this wrong or is that really only seven and a half hours off between these two shifts?!?
I think I have a pretty sweet schedule in Iraq right now:
Day 1 and 2 08-16
Day 3 and 4 16-00
Day 5 and 6 00-08
Day 6 and 7 Off
Not too bad I must say...
Does the FAA not have "crew rest" rules like the Air Force and DoD?
I was told, when you get to your facility the shifts will be changing in the same way, they start it at the Academy to get you used to it. in Vegas they do a Day shift one week the swing the next. I have heard that the schedules are set 28 days in advance so you know what to plan for but I also know that the Ramp Controllers at LAS bid for shifts six months at a time. Not sure how the Towers will do it but it can't be that different, I imagine.
Its happening at the academy because they're pushing so many classes through at a time when space is limited in the sims, etc... The RTF classes were the same. One week days, one week swings and all of us were used to working shift work already.
HD
What they should do is use OKC for only the OTS people. The CTI schools should all have the same kind of simulators and equipment that FAA facilities use and then direct-hire the CTI graduates into the facility. Probably will never happen but it'd sure be nice.