An article was just published on December 27th, 2011 in the Courthouse News Service, regarding students who were promised employment with the FAA after their graduation from the air traffic controller school known as L-3 Communications in Arlington, Texas.

The men who filed the lawsuit against L-3 claimed not only were they not offered jobs, but they also said they received inadequate training. Each of the 13 men involved in the lawsuit paid $41k each to enroll in the “air traffic control academy”, and were told the first one hundred graduates would be guaranteed jobs with the FAA.

According to the complaint that was filed:

“To date, not a single student has received a job offer as promised.”

“In fact, plaintiffs have learned that the FAA never made the agreement represented by the defendants.”

“Furthermore, plaintiffs have learned that their training received at the Academy is insufficient, by itself, to even qualify them to work in a FAA air traffic control tower,”

The 13 men are seeking punitive and compensation for fraud, negligent misrepresentation and negligence.

Conclusion

If you’ve read our web page on Air Traffic Controller School, then you would have read that the FAA does not guarantee employment after graduation of air traffic controller school.

Anytime you are considering taking training or schooling where job placement is offered at the conclusion of graduation, it is best to interview students who have already graduated and ask them about their job placement experiences.

In this particular case these students would have benefited by reaching out to the FAA before paying the schools $41,000 tuition fee.

We hope you’ve found this news article helpful and informative.