CTI Thoughts

pilottangocharlie Rookie Norman, OK

So I'm a pubnat 5 guy and am set on going CTI if I am not selected. Just having some thoughts about the CTI route.

How many CTI applicants don't end up getting a position with the FAA?

How long after graduation are most CTI students waiting before getting into OKC?

I don't know much about the CTI stuff so the point of this thread for me is to gain any and all information that I can from fellow SM'ers.

P.S. I already have a school picked out and actually attended there for a semester.

Tyler

klkm Senior Member

All of my friends who graduated CTI have been picked up. It took me 10 months from graduation to OKC. And most of my friends were picked up around the same time, give or take a couple months.

Muneco Epic Member

I applied both pub5 and CTI, got picked up CTI.

Pubnat 5: Waited almost 11 months with no word
CTI : PEPC within 3.5 months of application. I'm hoping to see an OKC class date by Sept.

MTCTIGUY Trusted Member The 'Boro

Since you're in Oklahoma, I assume your either going to Tulsa Community College or University of Oklahoma. How long is it going to take you where you're going?

pilottangocharlie Rookie Norman, OK

I will actually be going to LeTourneau University in Longview, TX. I attended the school Fall 2007 for a semester and I loved it. They have an A.S. program, but if I am going to go through college I want a B.S. degree.

rogersjf Trusted Contributor New Jersey

1. "In the past five years, AT-CTI schools have graduated more than 4,000 students from their aviation programs - 3,000 of whom were hired by the FAA." FAA hiring plan document, roughly 75% of all CTI graduates get hired, however that does not mean the other 25% get rejected some may not proceed with filling out an application some may not qualify in PEPC etc. However that 75% i would say get reduced greatly from attrition rates thru-out the academy and especially the facility.

2. The others got it right on 8-12 months depends on your state picks and how well you do on your At-Sat

3. CTI is a way for the FAA to save money by not putting the graduates thru basics at OKC, likewise it is meant to put more of a emphasis on a degree so that ATC can become more professional in the FAA eyes. it requires these courses ATC I, ATC II, and Aviation weather. Overall it is a much easier way to get in then pubnat, only negative is that you have to pay and if you fail you atsat then you just wasted alot of money for nothing.

My .02

MTCTIGUY Trusted Member The 'Boro

Good choice going for the B.S. degree. If you go through college, that's really the only degree that is worth that much outside of a specific career field.

pilottangocharlie Rookie Norman, OK

Found out just now that I didn't get selected for the OTS application so it is back to school next semester to pursue the CTI route.

Rosstafari Daaaang. /X

Gah, you're going to LeTourneau? They're more expensive than Embry-Riddle. I guess if money isn't an issue and you like the place (and don't mind living in the Tyler area) it's an option... but if you're interested in saving some cash, you can get the same education for a lot cheaper.

On the up side... if you decide to do some more flight training up there... they've got brand new 172's with G-1000's. Sexy.