FAA Pre Employment Processing Center (PEPC)

It has been a week since I headed to Hilliard, FL for my PEPC with the FAA. The final step of the process before I receive my final offer.

On Wednesday I received my counter to counter passes to fly on Delta Airlines. Just my luck all flights from Atlanta to Jacksonville were overbooked. I had to fly into Brunswick Georgia. Luckily the woman I was sitting next to on the plane had the intention to go to Jacksonville and was non-reving like myself. Her husband picked her up and offered me a ride to Jacksonville so that I could make my appointment the next morning. whew!

I woke up at 5am and headed from the Best Western back to the airport to pick up my rental car which we had problems with the previous night. Got it with no problem and began my 45min drive north to the Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) for my appointment. I arrived right on time.

I was very fortunate to have my interview weeks earlier at Milwaukee, becasue I was able skip the interview step at the center. I went directly to a room where members of the Office of Personal Management were seated. The gave me my written tenative offer which I immediately accepted. From there I went directly to the medical. I had to fill out some forms first and give a urine sample. I was then called into the flight surgeon's office and given a through exam. After that was over I was escorted to another room where I was given the eye exam. It was pretty much like at the DMV only a little more in depth. Next I was put in a sound proof room given a headset and had to click a switch everytime I heard a beep in the headset. Next was the EKG test where I was hooked up to a heart monitor. The nurse attached several leds to my chest and I ended up falling asleep. Finally they took another urine sample for a drug test and I was done.

I met back up with my escort for the day, Michael Gunn, who is the air traffic manager for Augusta, GA ATCT/TRACON. I was taken to a different part of the building for the psychological exam. 340 egghead true/false questions mostly asking me if I do sexual things that are abnormal, I have someone controlling my brain, or if I would like to be a florist. You know the type of questions if you have ever had this test. Next I was taken into another room where I completed online all my background information. this step took the longest at about an hour and a half. Finally I was taken to another room and had 2 sets of fingerprints taken, after that was over I was free to leave.

Now the wait is on for 3-4 weeks until I get a yay or nay on my final offer.