« on: April 11, 2026, 07:04:18 am »
https://nypost.com/2026/04/10/us-news/faa-wants-to-hire-gamers-as-air-traffic-controllers/The FAA is seeking out gamers to become air-traffic controllers.
A video released by the federal Department of Transportation on Friday targeted the video-game enthusiasts as part of the government’s hiring surge aimed at adding close to 9,000 more air-traffic controllers by 2028.
The video asks the gamers whether they’re “up for the challenge” of becoming an ATC but cautions that the job isn’t just a “game” — it’s a “career.
“You’ll keep millions of people safe every day,” the video says, while touting average salaries of up to $155,000 by your third year on the job.
The hiring blitz comes after the tragic crash of an Air Canada flight into a firetruck on the runway at LaGuardia in New York City that killed the jet’s two pilots in March.
NTSB probers are trying to determine whether an air-traffic controller stepped away to answer an emergency phone call before the deadly collision and if staffing problems may have contributed to the horror.
Exit interviews with air-traffic controllers who leave the job show gaming is a hobby for many and shares similarities with their work, officials said.
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Not a horrible idea as gamers are incredibly fast on their computers and know how to communicate with multiple people simultaneously. I watch my son do it every night, and think to myself that he would be a good controller.
HOWEVER...most gamers are anti-authoritarian in the extreme and would fare poorly in a stifling federal bureaucracy, and probably rebel very quickly.
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