Q&A
How to become an Air Traffic Controller in a Hellenic Airspace
- I am interested in becoming Air Traffic Controller in Greece or/and Cyprus, what should I do?
- First of all make your self familiar with the Training Policy. We also encourage you to join our Discord Server to meet the training team. Then, visit our Training System, sign in with your VATSIM account and apply for a Training Course. So simple.
- I signed up for ATC training some time ago but I haven’t heard anything yet.
- You can find information regarding your training request and its status in our Training System. If your status is “In queue” this means that a human being has been notified for your request and you will have to wait until the status changes to “Pre-Training” where we will give you access to start the self-study theory part on Moodle. Don't forget to check your VATSIM registered email for any updates!
- How long is the queue?
- Usually you must expect some waiting time depending on how many mentors are active and how many students are waiting in line. In some cases, this waiting time can be more than 6 months, so some patience will be needed.
- I applied for training some weeks before someone I know but he/she has been assigned to a mentor before me. Why is this?
- The sequence in which mentors are assigned to students, are not strictly by date of request. Other factors like current rating, type of training (rating upgrade/new controller/refresh) are also taken into consideration, because not all mentors are doing all kinds of training. Hence you cannot always expect to be assigned a mentor before another student, who signed up later than yourself.
- I haven’t received a rating upgrade email after passing my checkout-mentoring, what is wrong?
- It can last up to 72 hours before the rating upgrade has been processed by the network servers. In case you haven’t received your upgrade email within this period, please send an email to the training department at training[at]hvacc.org including your VATSIM ID.
- If I don't speak Greek can I apply for training?
- If you select «English only training» in your application, you accept that you will experience bigger delays due to low availability of English-Authorised mentors.