New air traffic controller pay

[rctaber]

Originally Posted by Omdahl

I've seen people with a better AT-SAT scores than me wash out.

Please don't bring any facts or real life experience into this hypothetical argument.

We all know the AT SAT is the main criteria for hiring (when all else is equal which is often since most of us have the same qualifications) and the sole indicator of how well you will be able to control traffic.

[pm577]

Well, if you personally feel that you'll be better than 95% of OTS applicants, than all the more power to you. However, rather than claiming that aloud to others, you should try to show that in your actual performance when hired.

For a forum like this, those statements really don't matter, but I bet if you told that to your instructor/trainer you'd immediately get a bad reputation (at least that's what would happen at my workplace).

[brianjgault]

Originally Posted by rctaber

Please don't bring any facts or real life experience into this hypothetical argument.

We all know the AT SAT is the main criteria for hiring (when all else is equal which is often since most of us have the same qualifications) and the sole indicator of how well you will be able to control traffic.

I actually had pop come out my nose reading this from laughing so hard.

You're trying to tell me that the world isn't all about hypothetical situations and test scores? That eventually we'll all have to *gasp* actually control some traffic and prove we can do it?