Most air traffic control applicants fail new FAA personality
test
The control tower at LAX, where many graduates of Mt. San
Antonio College's aeronautics program might get jobs if they can get past the
FAA's tough new employment test.
A group of aeronautics students at Mt. San Antonio College complain that a
new FAA screening tool is shutting them out of careers as air traffic
controllers. A dozen students met with Congresswoman Grace Napolitano
(D-Norwalk) this week to ask her help.
The FAA adopted the new test, called a biographical assessment, this year.
The 62-question test asks applicants about their abilities, life experiences and
work backgrounds. It also asks how they've handled various stressful situations.
Only about one-in-12 applicants passed the test.
Many students spend money and time attending FAA-sponsored aeronautics
colleges, such as Mt. San Antonio College in the San Gabriel Valley city of
Walnut. The test is controversial because those students, who would normally
have a big advantage getting into air controller training, are put on the same
footing as applicants off the street who may apply with just three years of
solid work experience in any field.
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