Good money, if you can stand low morale and incompetent managment - Air Traffic Controller FAA Employee Review

2.0
9 Aug 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits like health, life, dental insurance. Great pay if you are in a large facility like big airport or a center. Can have a wonderful job satisfaction when you help a pilot out of a tough and dangerous situation.

Cons

The bigger the facility, the more incompetent the management and lower the moral. Expect to work understaffed 6 days a week in a big facility. Expect your manager to have less experience than you. Expect to not be able to get promoted or progress your career due to a corrupt union and low staffing preventing your release. Expect the opposite of what makes sense when it comes to decisions made by management.

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