Thread: Airline Pilot and Air Traffic Controller?
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Old 08-10-2013, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by satpak77 View Post
ATC is a potential 150K+ a year job, with a TSP (401k) that is better than any 401k in the real world barring maybe Google or Starbucks Corp's 401k, medical benefits, etc etc. once you get an ATC job (very difficult without veterans preference AND scoring a 100 on the written exam), nobody leaves it. Yes many fly and own their own aircraft

I think the FAA has a "B Scale" for new controllers. Not sure what it pays now, but not as much as it used to.

I also understand it's now easier to get into due to lower compensation expectations.
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