Why aren’t TRACON and en-route operations taught at the Academy?
TRACON and En-route (Center) procedures are not covered because they vary by ARTCC. The information students pickup from working Delivery up to Tower in most cases can be considered standard. But as their training progresses and they start to learn Departure and Approach control, what one ARTCC might consider as standard knowledge, is not necessarily what another ARTCC will call standard. Each ARTCC has their own set of local procedures that each of their controllers is expected to abide by, mostly dealing with TRACON and En-route operations. VATUSA has decided to allow these operations and the local procedures that coincide with them continue to be taught at the ARTCC level.
