Embry Riddle Aeronautical University is the newest institution to join the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Enhanced Air Traffic – Collegiate Training Initiative program.
Is military oversight warranted to ensure a high standard of skillset with graduates?
Bachelor of Science in Air Traffic Management, 4 years, $250,000, then Oklahoma academy training???
It is my understanding that if you complete the program under the new rules, you bypass Oklahoma City
I have no idea what the ATSAT is like now. But in the past it did not really require any ATC knowledge. It was intended to screen your ability to think while solving multiple tasks coming at you simultaneously. The new kids should take that first, which may be the case. Don’t pass the screening, no job, so don’t spend the money.
The shortest staffed facilities are busy terminal facilities. Graduates of this ‘fast track’ program will still need to go to maybe RTF, maybe TSEW, maybe TETRA…
Then they go to their facility for classroom and sim training, then OJT. It will be years before any of these Riddle students are qualified controllers and the shortage is now.