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throwaway48476last Saturday at 11:34 PM1 replyview on HN

It takes 1-3 years of facility based training in order to qualify as an ATC for a specific tower. A military enlistment is only 4 years. CCTs would end up doing their entire enlistment at one facility leaving no time to train as a CCT. You'd have to hire another person who's job is 100% CCT, at which point, why not just hire an ATC?


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OrvalWintermuteyesterday at 4:47 PM

Military enlistments vary from shorter than longer to 4 years.

ATCs regularly go TDY to support other locations.

You’re conflating ATC training with a location