Am I reading this right?

Dli1314 Rookie

Section 4. New Hire/New Entrant/Reentrant Pay Setting.

B. A New Entrant is a federal employee who has never been employed by the
Agency as an Air Traffic Control Specialist in the terminal/en route option. A
New Entrant, whether or not he/she is required to attend the FAA Academy,
will retain their current Federal Pay up to the maximum of the Developmental
3 pay band (career level G) and receive further increases in accordance with
section 5.

does that mean that if I'm an FAA employee already...I get to keep my current pay while I'm at the academy?

atcguruaf Rico Suave Right here

Sounds like you're correct. However, I have no legal training, but if my 4th grade reading level serves me right, what you say from what you posted seems about right! And rightfully so!

ATC_MacGyver MacGyver with the bears.

that's what it sounds like to me.

atcguruaf Rico Suave Right here

as an air traffic controller...

ATC_MacGyver MacGyver with the bears.

employed as an air traffic controller... finish the quote.

DairyCreamer Senior Member Elsewhere

My bad... 1:00 AM is not a healthy time to be reading things, and I made the assumption he was a controller. I'll remove my above post (even though it's been quoted).

~Nate

nsu7 Newcomer

Is this the fix for DoD controllers?

atcguruaf Rico Suave Right here

Fix? Uhhhh... hmm... not sure. I always thought DoD controllers were pretty well set already - nothing to be fixed.

Roddy_Piper Resident Knucklehead Vegas baby

be careful. there is no "save pay" if u apply to a PUBNAT and that's your source of entrance to the ATC field. prior FAA employee or not.

nsu7 Newcomer

Why don't you let a few of our former dod colleagues weigh in on that with regards to the transition to the FAA....

I don't think you understood me... I obviously wasn't clear enough...