Denver Center - ZDV

soonerkid Rookie Middle of Nowhere

youll make it at the academy man, thats not something you should worry about...the pass rate is in the 90%. as for denver center...its the only center i would ever consider working at. have fun getting used to the altitude lol.

Boomer22 Rookie

Ya I cant wait. I wish I was there now

ddogg011 Newcomer

The training department at Denver Center is lacking. The top of the training dept has little interest in making the environment better. They are backed up with transitioning to ERAM and have hired more trainees then they can handle. If you walked in right now, expect to go without training for a minimum of a year, likely longer. Once you get to training on the floor, it is a good place to work

Stan Marsh Senior Member The Beach

Just out of curiosity, what do you do while you wait for training? Say for example someone walked in today...

ATCtower Epic Member

Study lots of airspace ... By the time you get instructed to do so, you could probably draw the map better than Jeppessen.

ddogg011 Newcomer

It doesn't take long to really do the map study and bookwork. Usually a day a week or so is spent refreshing yourself on what you already know. The rest is divided up into whatever you want. Read books, cards, workout, play Nintendo DS, and occasionally plug in and observe the controllers. The training dept knows what's going on but they turn a blind eye to it. They would have to or the trainees would go insane. They are in the process of trying to streamline training for Stage 3 (D-Side training) which will cut the delay time in half. That will help a lot but either way there will be significant waiting for someone walking in today.

photostarr Junior Member

A professor of mine who works there suspects that all the training delays will be over and back on a normal track around late March or April next year. The certified controllers have to be checked out on the new ERAM first, so they can start training later.

ddogg011 Newcomer

ERAM training will not be complete until July at the earliest. The real problem is that ZDV keeps hiring trainees without having anywhere to put them. When training gets moving in July (hopefully) there will be a line of 70ish people waiting to get through. It will get better but not for quite a while.

Boomer22 Rookie

So your saying it might take a while

motoman678 Newcomer

I just found out that there is a hiring freeze at the Salt Lake Center, and my second choice is Denver Center!!! i was wondering if anyone could help me out with a phone number to whoever does the hiring there ir even the HUB manager so i can contact them! Any help is much appreciated!!!