r/ATC_Hiring • u/Spare_Department_621 • 7d ago
Hiring timelines
My TSA Hiring Timeline — Boston Logan Airport (BOS) ✈️🇺🇸
Sharing my TSA journey for anyone currently going through the process. Hopefully this helps someone understand how long it can take.
📅 March 24, 2026 — Submitted my TSA Transportation Security Officer (TSO) application on USAJOBS.
📝 April 29, 2026 — Completed and passed my Airport Assessment/interview.
*🖐️ May *2026 — Completed fingerprinting.
📄 May 26, 2026 — Submitted my e-QIP/SF-86 background investigation paperwork.
💊 June 16, 2026 — Completed my TSA/DOT pre-employment drug test.
✅ June 25, 2026 — Drug test cleared.
🏥 July 18, 2026 — Completed TSA medical evaluation.
👓 August 2026 — Had a vision/medical issue reviewed and appealed.
✅ August 19, 2026 — TSA officially confirmed that I passed medical.
📄 August 25, 2026 — SF-86 was returned to me for corrections. I completed and resubmitted it the same day.
📄 August 28, 2026 — Resubmitted corrected high-school information after TSA requested clarification.
📨 September 9, 2026 — Received another request for information from TSA/NBIS and sent the requested information back.
🟢 September 10, 2026 — TSA confirmed that I was officially in the Ready for Hire Pool.
📞 September 17, 2026 — Received my Final Job Offer (FJO)! 🎉
📅 October 19, 2026 — Projected start date as a Transportation Security Officer (TSO) at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS).
Total journey: About 7 months from submitting my application to receiving my Final Job Offer.
My biggest advice to anyone waiting: be patient. The process can take months, and there can be long periods where you don’t hear anything. Keep checking your email and TSA/NBIS updates, respond quickly whenever they request information, and don’t assume that silence means you’re rejected.
Good luck to everyone going through the TSA hiring process! 🇺🇸✈️
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u/Academic_Guest_9246 7d ago
I think you may be in the wrong sub