What Can I Do to Prepare for the Academy-- And WHY

The Side by Side ATC Podcast by Tom Hanes

Episode notes

In this episode, I talk about 3 things that I think you should do to prepare for the FAA Academy. Whether you are going into the en route program or the tower program, there are 3 things that you should do BEFORE you get to OKC.

First: Learn the Phonetic Alphabet for ATC

  • This is probably the easiest of the 3 and that's why I put it first. It is essential that you know this before getting to OKC. Knowing this will not get you ahead of things when you get there, this is the bare minimum.

Second: Learn the Map

  • This is actually almost as important as knowing the alphabet and it doesn't matter if you are going en route, tower or terminal radar. You need to know your airspace.
  • I go over 3 reasons I have seen given  ... 
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