Well, it's by no means fast. I can't guarantee anything but everything I've heard is negative. I recommend you got to
http://www.atccti.com and go to the forums...then read the Miami Center thread in the "Z's" category. Also here's an a bit from a NATCA press release in October last year.
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There are 3,618 trainees currently in the system. But NATCA’s survey of the 314 facilities indicates that approximately one-third of the trainees are not certified on any position and cannot work alone, without a fully trained controller (a “Certified Professional Controller”) alongside them. Additionally, many facilities now have more trainees on staff than the resources available to train them. For example, at Miami Center, there are 102 trainees, comprising 34 percent of the total staffing, above the FAA’s maximum desired ratio. Sixty-two of these trainees have no functional training thus far and the backlog created in the training process has forced them to wait up to 16 months after arriving at the facility to receive any real training. Because of these conditions, nine trainees have quit this year, including four in the past two weeks.
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