Days Off at FCT's

ninetynine Newcomer

For all the guys and gals working at contract towers. How are your days off scheduled, by seniority, rotating days off? Do you get weekends at all etc.

Thanks

ATCinWI Senior Member Illinois

Where I worked, we bid RDOs based on seniority, so I had Mon/Tue off. But, like in the FAA, every facility does it differently.

polo708 Epic Member tower

Yeah, its usually based off of seniority. If you are new there plan on having your days off in the middle of the week.

FCT's get a Sunday pay bonus(25%) so if the controllers there would rather work Sunday for the money then you have a shot of getting Sundays off.

Roddy_Piper Resident Knucklehead Vegas baby

at IWA we did it by seniority. when i went to IDA we did it by random rotating shifts.

EFC Junior Member On a Van by the Sea

It all depends on the facility manager. At my last tower it was decided by the ATM based on brown nosing points.