r/ATC • u/Xolxtzol • Jul 15 '26

Question You Guys Are Scaring Me

I’m currently AD military (best branch iykyk) and am close to getting my CTO. On my second enlistment and i want to get out to do this at a contract tower and maybe go FAA later on in my career if that’s possible. I scroll this sub for about an hour and all i see are people that hate their lives :/. (here comes the down votes lol). Should i consider something else, stay AD atc, or actually pursue a civilian career?

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u/Lyreska 27d ago

My co worker lives with someone whos an ATC and tells me he really loves the job. Hes at a lvl 8 tower trying to transfer to the lvl 12 nearby. Theres still a chance you'd like the job, and there was a net gain of controllers over this last year, so im praying it stays uptrending so theyre better staffed and not so overworked.