OTS??

[Sierra Hotel]

Ok I'm very sure I know the answer to this but the slight doubt in my mind forces me to ask:

OTS stands for Officer Training School right??
(not off the Street)

I went the CTI route so I'm not sure.

BTW, what happened to ACTCTI?? "Ask A Controller" seems to have been taken over by those of us wanting to become controllers.


THANKS!

[nathanw]

As far as this forum goes, OTS does refer to "Off-The-Street." Mostly it's talking about the many job announcements the FAA is opening for candidates with no experience.

[Sierra Hotel]

Question 2.

Can I apply for the "OTS" job postings as a CTI grad?

Question 2.1.

I am already on the referral list, will reapplying help or hurt or do nothing. I want to add more states to my application(s) to increase/speed-up my chances of getting hired.

[Acey97]

I don't think OTS applicants can apply for CTI announcements.

[Sierra Hotel]

Yeah this raises another point I'm stuck on. Once someone applies, from any source, do the applications all go into the same referral list or do those who already put in years of ATC schooling get priority?

[Sierra Hotel]

I just found this and answered my own question. Thanks John.

Originally Posted by Johnsc81

It is True. The FAA hires Prior Controllers (military and Civilian) First, then they hire all the eligible CTI Graduates, as long as they have the schools recomendation and they pass the ATSAT, they have a pretty much guaranteed offer. Then, the FAA fills whatever remaining slots are open with the OTS applicants. So yes, there will be a LOT of times that a CTI applicant with a 75.0% ATSAT score will be hired LOOOOOOOng before a OTS Applicant with a 100% ATSAT.

So boys, and Girls. All of us that are OTS Applicants, we should take pleasure in knowing that we are the scavengers of the FAA, sucking up any job scraps that happen to fall our way.

[ATC RET 2003]

Originally Posted by Sierra Hotel

Ok I'm very sure I know the answer to this but the slight doubt in my mind forces me to ask:

OTS stands for Officer Training School right??
(not off the Street)

After you're hired, it'll start meaning "out of service", usually in reference to a piece of equipment that's broke... often one that would be really handy to have working.

[Johnsc81]

Originally Posted by Sierra Hotel

I just found this and answered my own question. Thanks John.

I do want to make sure you fully understand the difference. as a CTI, yes, you can apply under an OTS announcement. but if you, as a CTI ,apply under a OTS announcement, you are no longer differentiated as a CTI graduate and you are now on a even playig field with all the OTS applicants. so the only way to get the advantage of the CTI Recommendation is to apply under a CTI Announcement.