Re: I\'m poor
 

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Maybe try getting a better job. No offense, but there are plenty of opportunities out there to better yourself, if you have the drive to make them happen they will happen. I came to Florida with 35$ in my pocket and made [censored] happen.

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Well, I do have a college degree. You're preaching to the choir here, chief.

I have this job as an interim thing before I go to ATC school in January (already admitted, actually).

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how are you paying for ATC school, or is it an apprenticeship thing? how good a career is it?

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how are you paying for ATC school, or is it an apprenticeship thing? how good a career is it?

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Well, I have to give a bit of background first. The FAA has contracts with 13 colleges around the US under the Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI). Basically, you have to go through a 2-4 year program (depending on the school), and then after graduation, you're processed for hiring by the FAA as a controller.

The school I'm going to is actually a community college in LA. It's cheap ($26/credit), and since I already have an aviation degree, I only have to take 5 classes in order to get hired by the FAA. I'm simply going to take 2 classes per semester (1 during the summer), and take something like 6 credits per semester. With that, I'll have no problem whatsoever working full-time while taking two semesters to finish the program. The downside is that I'll have to spend a while more with a BS job. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

The upside though is that controllers start out at roughly $40,000/year at an enroute facility as a trainee. After roughly 4-6 months, you're trained as an "associate controller" and make somewhere along the lines of $60,000/year. It takes 3-5 years to complete training to become a fully certified controller, but once certified, you're pulling in $100k-$130k/year. Not too shabby.

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Me too. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

At least my internet is always on though [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Re: I\'m poor
 

if you like planes and that stuff (sounds like you do) it looks like a really good deal. plus when you add in the amount of tang you'll get as a certified ATC... sign me up!