Sunday, April 5, 2009

F.A.A. Scrambles to Replace Retiring Controllers - NYTimes.com

The starting annual salary after academy training is $33,700. After about five years, it can reach $95,000. Must be under age thirty to apply.

Training to be an air traffic controller can take years. Applicants must be under 30 and have either a minimum of a high school diploma and three years of full-time work experience or four years of college. (Some combination of the three can be acceptable as well.)

About 70 percent of applicants have come from the military’s air traffic control system or have completed the F.A.A. Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative Program, offered nationwide at 13 colleges and universities

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