Everyone on here seems to be going through the PUBNAT's...is anyone going through the VRA announcements? Everything seems to be different with the timing on app process with the VRA. Just wondered if there were any fellow veterans on here to pow wow with about this
You can apply VRA if you don't have a CTO....The FAA doesn't consider controlling a radar pattern from a ship to be experience....if you have a radar ticket in the AF they'll take you
the assistant facility director in Anchorage told my friend who is already up there that she couldn't find me on her referral list...what could have went wrong?? The ASAP has a "submitted" status, and I've had someone look over my ASAP app and he said everything seems to be in order...arghhhh....
what were his geo prefs? I have throughout Alaska (hoping to get this one) and throughout Florida....if I can't get Alaska, hope to be able to stay in my home state
It says...
Your application for announcement # AAC-AMH-09-VRA-12513 has been received
Based on your answers to the Military Background questions, you also appear to be entitled to Veterans Preference. For more information about Veterans Preference in hiring, click HERE
It appears you may also be eligible for a non-competitive Veterans Readjustment Appointment. For more information about the VRA, you can click HERE or call the contact person listed in the vacancy announcement.
and under referral status....
Referrals are based on submitted questionnaire at time of referral
Will try to make some calls
ATCJefe, did you hold any ratings when you were in the navy? i'm surprised you weren't selected for consideration. that kinda scares me!
ATCJefe, did you hold any ratings when you were in the navy? i'm surprised you weren't selected for consideration. that kinda scares me!
My buddy with a CTO didn't get selected through the VRA announcements (He thinks it's b/c the states he selected weren't hiring). He turns 31 on the 28th so I don't think there is anything he can do.
they should just offer him another state. i'm sure he would take it as opposed to being unemployed! that is really discouraging news. do you think maybe he had stiff competition being that is was a vra announcement? i say this because i know several of my coworkers in the af got out and went to the faa. they were all fully certified controllers and many had certs from multiple bases because they went to iraq on deployments. it still seems like they should have picked him up for somewhere with his experience. your friend should be able to get a contract job though if he had his cto. so he has options at least.
The only solace I can take is that he is the only VRA applicant that I have ever heard of not even being granted an interview.