Originally Posted by
Outlaw2097
17000 new controllers needed now.
negats is sounding pretty cool.
i dont know if yall heard, but prety much okc will be pulling people off the streets and train them in house to be controllers.
just remember kids...get in before you turn 31 or get that phoenix-20 waiver if you were in the armed forces
not too bad of a deal if you ask me...flying goes down hill, ill hop over to the other side of the mic
...fss aint lookin too bad either
Actually, the FAA has always had a proportion of new hires "they pulled off the streets". The old requirements going back 30 or so years ago, provided several methods for getting hired. You could have a bachelor's degree, and no aviation experience and get hired. You could have an instrument rating, and get hired. You could be a military controller and get hired. Having met one of those prerequisites, the rest was dependant on how well you scored on the civil service exam. The CTI/college ATC programs didn't exist back then.