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Originally Posted by ATLTRACON  Of the facility's 23 trainees, 14 have no prior FAA experience and of those 23 trainees, six have not been certified on any positions and eleven have only been certified on one.
Ten of the facility's new hires have already been training for more than one year and are certified on one position at the most. Atlanta TRACON has never had a trainee with no prior experience reach full certification – but were it to happen now, based on the current certification rate for those currently in training, it would take three (the best case scenario) to five years (the worst case). |
So what was the point of hiring the 14 applicants with no prior FAA experience if thus far no one with the same qualifications has reached full certification? Either the people hired with no prior experience should have never been put at the ATL TRACON or another large TRACON to begin with or the training they receive in OKC or at the facility is lagging...
I find it hard to believe that the 'ATL TRACON has never had a trainee with no prior experience reach full certification.' It must be since it moved to Peachtree City because I know of a few that were fully certified with no prior experience when it was at Hartsfield... So it could just be NATCA exaggerating.