Any one had any updates since assessment centres in early May?

Submitted references on may 12.
recieved email from Airservices saying they received references on may 25.
no updates since

If it's any help to you guys, my timeline from references onward is below:

Early Nov/2022 - XRef References go out
30th of Nov/2022 - Application on hold over holidays
Early April/2023 - Verbal offer
Mid April/2023 - Written offer & online onboarding
10th of July/2023 - Start date

From what I've read here, XRef is a pretty good sign you're through. (But I don't work for P&C so don't book flights over yet).

Yeah same here rmak just gotta stay patient I guess! Thanks for sharing your story too exiflame, hopefully our wait isn’t as long!

Jeez yeah. Four months in limbo sounds unpleasant.

It went quickly! And who knows, it could be a lot shorter for you guys without the holiday shutdown slowing down P&C.

They mentioned an October enroute intake at the assessment centre and a Dec tower potentially.
Hopefully most of us are in either of those and find out in the next month or two.

Thanks for sharing this. If you don't mind me asking, were you asked to do your medical before the verbal offer? If so, where did it fit in the timeline you mentioned?

When I was at the assessment centre, they only mentioned that there was the October, December and February intakes mentioned. I don't remember them mentioning for which streams each one was, and so thanks for sharing what the streams are for October and December. By chance do you remember if they mentioned what stream the February intake was?

Nah man no idea sorry, only mentioned the Oct and Dec at the one I went to

Can confirm I was also told to expect October or December during my interview. They didn’t mention whether it was for different streams.

Wondering if anyone else received a call today?

Nah last thing was an email on the 13th saying they will be in touch over the next few weeks.
If calls have started going out today hopefully everyone from the may assessments gets a call in the next week for some of these end of year courses.

Has anybody else received an email recently saying there are no more assessment centres planned until late this year?

If you have heard of offers going out they could be reserve places being called up for the courses beginning July 10. I haven't heard of anyone dropping out at this stage however.

Congratulations! So you got a verbal offer? When do you start?

I haven't heard anything yet, anxiety definitely ramping up a little but hopefully hear something soon if others are getting calls!

I'm in! Received a verbal offer today after missing a call on Friday. I'm in an en-route course starting 23rd October in Melbourne. They confirmed I'll be placed in Melbourne Center if/when I get through the training. Good luck to all those still waiting, I hope you get a good news call soon!

Yeah ended up getting a call today as well. October 23 course En Route, with Brisbane final destination...

Just curious, did you request for Brisbane or didn't specify?

I also got a call today, starting 23rd October in Melbourne for Melbourne Centre.

Same here. Got the call for October en route.

Congrats all,

Hoping to get a call this week then with some good news

Cheering for you Zoidberg24! Looking forward to meeting you Turtlburger, ATCQuestions, thecox321, and everyone else who got the call. Congrats!

Did you preference tower?

Nah, just had a preference for bris or melbs for either stream. Did mention I need 1 Friday off in early December for a wedding so hopefully I haven't stitched myself up

Funnily like Bruce I missed the call on Friday and was left a message saying they would call again Monday but still haven’t received anything 😬🥲

I wouldn't stress too much about that rmak, from memory I had the same thing and it took them 2 or 3 days to get back around to me. Lots for them to organise.

And congrats to everyone else getting the positive news!

Congrats everyone! I'll see you guys at the academy come October.

Haven't got a call yet for me :(
Just wondering did ASA request anyone to get a Class3 medical after this?

When I got my verbal offer, they suggested I get on it ASAP due to possible delays.

When I got my verbal offer months ago, P&C mentioned it'd take a few days to get in touch with everyone. From memory, I think I got my offer a little earlier than others I kept in touch with.

Okay so apparently I got in, however there is no confirmed tower course start date yet so I’m told to sit tight for now. Anyone else pref tower?

Nice! :O How did you find out that you are in if I may ask?

Phone call

Does anybody know the roster rotation for MEL enroute? I think I remember reading somewhere it might be 2 days, 2 night, 2 off repeating, but hoping someone can confirm.
Thanks :)

We're contracted for a 36 hour week (including breaks), but beyond that in the enroute environment the schedules vary wildly based on the group ("department"), stage of training, etc. I can only speak for my mate who's fully rated, but he does a big mix and match of morning and arvo shifts, with at max 2 overnights (doggos) per fortnight. Beyond that, he doesn't get all his days off in a row, and his schedule doesn't repeat weekly or anything like that.

Mix in some (somewhat compulsory) overtime, and you get your schedule. He likes his, and is at home a fair bit, so it works for him.

Hi there was wondering if anyone from the Brisbane assessment centre got a verbal offering yet?

Rostering in general (from what I've heard, both from an ATC on the interview panel and an ATC friend-of-a-friend (so take with approximately 3 but no more than 5 grains of salt)) is largely organised by whatever group you're with - so for MEL enroute, basically the team that works that sector, within limits set by supervisors/FMS/etc and the need to cover the 24 hour period, but also with reference to when the busy periods are for that sector(s).

An example I was given is the 2/2/4(or is it 5? I think it was 4.) 2 mornings, 2 afternoons, 2 overnights, 4 days off which would look something like this:

Monday 06-14
Tuesday 06-14
Wednesday 14-22
Thursday 14-22
Friday 22-06
Saturday 22-06
Sunday not counted
Monday Off
Tuesday Off
Wednesday Off
Thursday Off
Friday 06-14 and repeat...

Of course, that's an idealised model roster. In addition to the (somewhat compulsory) overtime, people swap shifts to varying degrees depending upon the team and everything mentioned above.

That's my understanding at the moment. It could very well prove to be inaccurate!

@Koola Did you end up getting the offer?

shean Unfortunately I didn't get through. How did you end up going?

shean I didn't get an offer, unfortunately. How did you go?

Nah same for me didn't get it either, requested from them for a reason. Makes me wonder if anyone from Brisbane got through.
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