FAA inspector thread
#841
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Joined APC: Sep 2017
Position: Mostly a Desk
Posts: 3
I had submitted my app Sept. 15 2018. Had first interview in DFW first week in Oct. I recieved a TOL first week Nov., background/finger print request etc. turned in two days later. My check ride was scheduled and completed in December and received my FOL before Christmas. Merry Christmas it was. I started in January, Your mileage may very.
So far so good. Waiting for a Strings date... to say there is plenty to learn is an understatement.
Short version: I do not think the background check should take too long or hold you up.
So far so good. Waiting for a Strings date... to say there is plenty to learn is an understatement.
Short version: I do not think the background check should take too long or hold you up.
#843
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Joined APC: Nov 2016
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#844
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Joined APC: Aug 2014
Position: Cubicle dweller
Posts: 106
I was hired as a 12, promoted to 13 three days after returning from flight training(14 months from hire), promoted to 14 2.5 yrs from hire. And there is nothing special about me other than I was there, I was qualified, and there were openings. The opportunities are there for GA OPS inspectors.
#845
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Position: Cubicle dweller
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Supposedly my office is hiring another GA Ops guy. The current staff barely have enough complexity to hold -13, so the new guy isn't going to get any complexity (short of someone retiring or quitting). I doubt they've told him he'll be stuck at 11 or 12 for a while.
#846
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Posts: 293
I would agree - and that's one of my major beefs about the agency. They never sit down with applicants, you have to get your info from a place like this.
Supposedly my office is hiring another GA Ops guy. The current staff barely have enough complexity to hold -13, so the new guy isn't going to get any complexity (short of someone retiring or quitting). I doubt they've told him he'll be stuck at 11 or 12 for a while.
Supposedly my office is hiring another GA Ops guy. The current staff barely have enough complexity to hold -13, so the new guy isn't going to get any complexity (short of someone retiring or quitting). I doubt they've told him he'll be stuck at 11 or 12 for a while.
#848
And there are good 14 positions and bad ones. Good QOL is one or a few operators with an assistant and CMT that consists of more than just 3 people, this usually allows for more than damage-control and actually working towards aviation safety. Bad 14 positions is where they lump all sorts of complexity together and you end up with 20 or more operators that you can in no way do the appropriate surveillance and CMT management with, so you end up forever chasing your tail and operating in damage-control-mode. CMO offices tend to be the former, while FSDO offices tend to be the latter, but there are FSDO offices where the former is true as well.
#849
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#850
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How quickly does DFW reschedule checkrides when canceled for weather? The weather isn't looking good for next week. I want this to be done with, so I can get started and not kicked down the road endlessly. I hate to make it this far and the hiring office change their mind.
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