On_welfare
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WOoo " Freakin' " Hoooo! Just got back from the NY PEPC and got my TOL and exact location. Houston Itercon tracon!:nana2:Anyone know or heard anything about this facility?!
Where are all the "FEBOTS" heading?
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nathanw
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That's Dunder-Mifflin country
highlander27
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Well folks, I guess I'm headed to Mather, CA for some hit-the-ground-running action at the NorCal TRACON. Can anyone who is or has worked there give some insight on how the working conditions are? What's the likelyhood of washing out starting fresh out of the academy over there? More importantly, what is there to do in Mather, CA??
pm577
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Well, you've got Sacramento right there, so there should be plenty of things to do. Good luck on starting out at a high level facility! When are you going to OKC?
I'll be in Livermore, CA.
highlander27
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Yeah, I'm ready to go all out at level 12 right away. At the NY PEPC I was told that all OKC dates are booked through the end of September and to check back within a month to see when I might be able to start classes. Did you get a date pm?
While I have Sacramento :banghead:, you have the BAY NEARBY!! I really hope I can get transferred to SoCal TRACON before OKC. San Diego would be awesome.
While I have Sacramento :banghead:, you have the BAY NEARBY!! I really hope I can get transferred to SoCal TRACON before OKC. San Diego would be awesome.
consider renting in Tracy maybe?
true the locality increase for CA doesn't make up for the actual cost of living increase. San Diego has lower locality than Detroit, something isn't right with that. I got picked for CA and am hoping for somewhere I can afford to live. I chose CA to be closer to family but would have preferred WI, OR, and IL over 80% of the facilities in CA
pm577
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Hmm, true. Good luck in Memphis (your signature says 7/8, you mean 8/7 right?)
At these wages, maybe I'll have to move back home with my parents and commute from there. It's 33 miles one-way, which is nearly the same as driving out to Tracy... :banghead:
I have no idea how married folks do it, let alone those with kids or other obligations.
On the plus side, my starting offer was $43,867 (at the terminal), which includes a locality pay of 32.53%. This was a bit more than I was anticipating, and although it is lower than my current job, it's approaching the wage I currently make.
Oh and another surprise: the wage at Oklahoma City includes a locality adjustment based on your TERMINAL location. So my OKC pay is $22,591, which includes a 32.53% locality adjustment (for Bay Area prices).
I'll be making a few more bucks at OKC than other trainees... it's not much, but every little bit helps.
SoonerATC
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Where'd you hear this?
pm577
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It says right on my TOL that the OKC salary includes locality of 32.53% (ONLY in my situation, since I'm headed to a California location with that locality rate. Your OKC locality should be the locality of the facility you will go to later.)
nathanw
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FG-1 base salary.
I'm going to Memphis July 24th I just put the month and year in my sig which now that I think about it doesn't really make sense since the only think i've done outside of 08 was starting CTI school.
If you could move in with your parents, maybe do that until you CPC. LVK is a neat facility
On_welfare
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I'm pretty much in the same boat however Houston seems to me to be a fairly cheap place to live as I've been here for 8 or so years now. I was also at the NYC PEPC on the 10th. My question to you though is how did you already get a tentative OKC date? Did you already have some sort of security clearance or what?
pm577
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Oh duh! Now i feel stupid... :banghead:
I'm going to checkout LVK today, so we'll see how it goes!