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Originally Posted by skydog  Now is a hell of a time to ask. The time to ask these questions was before you enrolled or paid your tuition bill. |
Don't forget that it's only the last 1-2 years that people have been hired into the FAA ATC off the street. Since the early to mid 90's the there was only three ways to get hired, ex military, the MARC school, and CTI.
I don't know a lot about CTI but I can tell you that much of the expense of the program is the fault of the schools offering it. They turned it into a cash cow and many recruiters at these schools made ridiculous promises.
A controller I worked with years ago wife was on the FAA CTI team, I remember that the intention of the program was to offer a few classes to students enrolled in the "professional pilot" programs offered by many aviation colleges to give them a shot at ATC. The intent of the agency was to recruit these students.
From where I sit, the inside looking out, many students were misled by the FAA.