graduated ERAU, but CTI unfinished...

traderwannabe Newcomer

Hello. I'm writing because I couldn't find information pertinent to my situation. I took four of the five ATC courses at Embry-Riddle but I did not stay to take the last one because it would have delayed my graduation. I already took the standardized multiple-choice ATC exam and scored very high. A few years have passed, and I would like to work as an air traffic controller. How can I get recommended to the FAA academy with my Collegiate Training Initiative unfinished?

I have done some research and the schools I have asked say I must graduate from them with their degree to be able to finish the CTI and get into the academy. I have a problem with that because I already have a bachelor's, I need neither an associate's degree nor a master's, nor do I want to take and pay for ten+ college courses just to take the last ATC class and get recommended to the academy. I hope that with your help, dear readers, I will find a way into the ATC academy without having to get an entire extra college degree!

fabby82 Junior Member California

Can you go back to ERAU and take the last class you need, and then get recommended?

hockey907 Newcomer

You probably don't want to hear this....Three ways to get hired.

Join the military for atc, have them train you, put in you years, and apply through VRA bid.

Go to CTI school. You have to go back to school to finish your CTI so your school will recommend you. There is no way around this. The FAA does not care about BS degrees. They only care that you have completed a CTI program and recommended.

Apply under an off the street bid, if they ever come out with another one. That is unlikely.

liondave Senior Member Seattle

I'm guessing the 10+ classes you mentioned is ERAU requiring you to double major. If that's what they require then there's no way around it that I know of.

Purdue1024 Trusted Member Fishers, IN

You will have to go back to ERAU to finish the last class and have the university recommend you. I went through the EXACT same thing...I graduated from Purdue in 2006 with a Bachelors, and went back in 2010 to finish the last CTI course I needed...got selected this March for ZID.

N813JB Senior Member Las Vegas, NV

You will probably have to take the AT-SAT exam over again since "a few years have passed." That score is only valid for 3 years.

aaronavtr Trusted Contributor Northeast U.S.

Go back and finish the class buddy.

-Fellow erau grad

StuSEL Trusted Member West Lafayette, IN

Are you saying they wouldn't let you enroll as a part time student just to finish that last class? Seems kinda weird to me.

If for whatever reason you're not near ERAU's campuses, you could look into going the community college CTI route and seeing if they would let you transfer your coursework from ERAU in. You might end up needing to take a semester's worth of classes, but who knows.

BOILER_UP Junior Member West Lafayette, IN

Guy at Purdue that graduated in aviation got laid off as a pilot and went back and just finished the 2 remaining cti classes in one semester and was picked up 2 months later in the panel.

Ice_cold656 Epic Member Deep in the heart of GA

I will not be a ass...I will not be an ass....I will not be an ass.... there are many people with many situations...be compassionate, stay objective...don't be an ass! Ok with that all out of the way....

Call Riddle and ask.