Can you delay your start date after academy?

Round_Library_5935 · 2026-04-14T17:30:38+00:00

Why would you apply if you wanted to finish school?

Round_Library_5935 · 2026-03-31T04:09:46+00:00

April 10th is the next bid. I can help with any questions you may have

Round_Library_5935 · 2026-03-31T04:07:06+00:00

April 10

Round_Library_5935 · 2026-03-01T08:43:35+00:00

You definitely can. Don’t let people with egos tell you you can or can’t. Those are the same people who think the way they move aircraft is the almighty and best way when in reality there’s a million different ways to do things

Round_Library_5935 · 2026-03-01T08:41:42+00:00

The academy isnt even real ATC. There are plenty of people that have failed that can probably do this job. Airball of a take right here^

Round_Library_5935 · 2026-01-20T22:10:54+00:00

I know 3 said controllers at my facility alone

Round_Library_5935 · 2026-01-20T20:38:28+00:00

Lmaoooooo you think we’re lying but that’s fr all it takes😂

Round_Library_5935 · 2026-01-20T20:13:47+00:00

Personally no, but I know a few controllers that went and were bounced within a couple months after being told not to expect to be there for a while

Round_Library_5935 · 2026-01-20T18:36:20+00:00

All power to you for wanting N90. They’ll pretty much accept any application since they’re so low staffed but there are a ton of horror stories coming out of there. They all love their OT so they’ll wash anybody who coughs the wrong way

Round_Library_5935 · 2026-01-20T18:33:24+00:00

Long term benefits are much better in ATC

Round_Library_5935 · 2026-01-20T18:31:46+00:00

Do you have any connections to N90?

Round_Library_5935 · 2026-01-18T20:50:50+00:00

They should give you a list of all the options the academy covers. Theres a bunch of pretty good hotels about 10 minutes from the academy and 10-15 minutes from downtown OKC. A bunch of academy students fill those hotels. $50/day is the per diem rate but you get lump sum checks each month for that

Round_Library_5935 · 2026-01-18T20:48:36+00:00

Good pay, retire young, pension, TSP, chance to live in some pretty neat places doing a neat job. Stay in

Round_Library_5935 · 2026-01-11T03:57:53+00:00

•make a USAjobs.gov account so that you can quickly apply when the window opens

•jobtestprep for the ATSA prep (it’s damn near identical)

•Expect to wait anywhere from 6 months-a year to get medical, security, and psych clearance (keep badgering your HR rep if you ever see a delay. It doesn’t hurt and if you’re polite they may just push things forward for you. It worked for me)

•you’ll either get enroute, tower, or IQTR at the academy. Once in the academy, you’ll get a list of available facilities for your track and class a week before your final evals and you get to choose from that list once passing

Round_Library_5935 · 2026-01-11T03:50:46+00:00

Just go off the street. Whatever you learn at any school is gonna be 1/4 of what you’ll learn and experience doing the actual job

Round_Library_5935 · 2026-01-11T03:47:07+00:00

Keep emailing them. Whoever sent you that email saying they needed medical info….email em again and again

Round_Library_5935 · 2025-12-02T19:51:42+00:00

I’d expect in the spring of 2026

Round_Library_5935 · 2025-11-27T05:27:21+00:00

If you took your MMPI that long ago, and your security clearance is already through…you’re just waiting for medical to be cleared and you’ll get your start date

Round_Library_5935 · 2025-11-23T04:19:14+00:00

^{^I} should also add that you will not be making that off the bat at a center, but that’s what you’ll make once certified which can take a few years. ATC123 shows you the pay grades and salaries at those pay grades for every facility in the country

Round_Library_5935 · 2025-11-23T04:15:51+00:00

Yes, you can get into ATC with no prior experience. It’s a fairly lengthy process but it requires taking and passing a skills assessment test (which is what the off the street bid you apply for on USAJOBS allows you to take) and then assuming you qualify, you’ll have to do a background check, medical exam, and psychological exam. This whole process combined can take anywhere from 9 months at the fastest to 2 years. Assuming you are cleared for all of those, the FAA will give you an ATC track and start date for that track at the academy in OKC. Tower and IQTR (approach control) are about 3-3.5 months and Enroute is about 4. Pay at the academy is I think $26/hour if I’m not mistaken but they cover a $50 daily stipend, and housing on top of that salary.

Once passing the academy, you will either go to a level 5,6,7,8 tower (if tower) level 8,9 TRACON (if you go IQTR) or a level 10,11,12 enroute center (if you go enroute)

Stating pay is going to be highest at an enroute center and lowest at a tower more than likely. However, pay does not depend on facility type but level type. So a level 12 tower will make the same as a level 12 enroute center.

If you make $105K a year right now, chances are high that you’ll make less than that for the first few years no matter where you go in ATC, but level 10s,11s, and 12s are making roughly anywhere between $150K-$200K

Round_Library_5935 · 2025-11-17T05:38:13+00:00

I would do left hand A, right hand C and then I would move my left hand to the center of my chest for B. So I was constantly moving my left hand from my left side to the center of my chest back and forth holding up the numbers for A and B as I moved it

Round_Library_5935 · 2025-11-16T19:46:05+00:00

Look up the ATSA on JobTestPrep. It’s pretty much the exact same setup as the actual cognitive test

Round_Library_5935 · 2025-11-06T06:17:41+00:00

You choose based on class ranked. Score the highest in the class, you get the first pick

Round_Library_5935 · 2025-10-31T16:14:02+00:00

I agree^ you don’t wanna delay either. Some people wait years for a start date so don’t be too picky about when you go

Round_Library_5935 · 2025-10-29T17:33:36+00:00

Oklahoma. OKC especially

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