Who is a College Training Initiative (CTI) eligible applicant?

One of four types of applicants eligible for Pool 1 defined by 49 USC §44506(f)(1)(B) that includes individuals who have successfully completed air traffic controller training and graduated from an institution participating in a CTI program maintained under title 49 U.S.C. § 44506(c)(1) and who have received one of the following from the institution:  

• An appropriate recommendation; or
• A written statement certifying that the individual would have met the requirements in effect as of December 31, 2013, for an appropriate recommendation

To be eligible for Pool 1 as a CTI graduate, CTI school official/unofficial transcripts with degree confer date, and appropriate CTI recommendation letter, must be submitted prior to the close date of the vacancy announcement.  The degree confer date must be prior to the announcement close date.  

An appropriate CTI recommendation letter is not a personal recommendation.  This letter must be on official CTI school letter head, signed by the designated CTI point of contact, and certify/endorse that all CTI program requirements have been met (or would have been met effective as of 12/31/13).