Good and Bad

To condense the previous post, here's a little timeline of the whole application process up to today:

07/31/2008 Applied for PUBNAT5
12/02/2009 Email received to set test date for ATSAT in Chicago
01/17/2009 Took ATSAT in Chicago
01/21/2009 ATSAT score received: 87.5 Well Qualified
03/27/2009 Received and submitted GEO Pref Email (TX and AZ)
05/19/2009 Received e-mail notifying me I have been chosen for further consideration for Houston Center.

Upon receiving the e-mail on 05/19, I replied back accepting their offer. I waited to hear when exactly the week of June 22nd my PEPC (interview, physical, psych exam) would be.

Now here's where the good and bad news comes in: I did not hear back Wednesday the 20th, whereas others in my position had and received conformation of PEPC on the 22nd or 23rd of June. I heard back today that all PEPC slots were filled, and now instead of getting everything done in one eight hour day, I have to go the "traditional route."

I will be contacted some time in the next few weeks to schedule an interview. Depending on how that goes, I have to wait some more, get clearance and then continue on to the next steps. So it's good that I haven't fallen through the cracks, and still am on pace to interview, but a bit bad that I'm not doing the "all in one day" PEPC route.

To say the least, this whole process has been slow and frustrating. I have no idea when e-mails are coming, when interviews are being scheduled, and when I will ultimately be going to the FAA academy in OKC (Oklahoma City).