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The FAA Wants To Recruit Gamers For Careers In Air Traffic Control (www.gamespot.com)

submitted 4 days ago by FTonsilStones@lemmy.ca to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Do video game players make ideal recruits to be air traffic controllers? The FAA is targeting gamers directly in its new hiring push.

The Federal Aviation Administration is officially recruiting video game players to be part of the next generation of air traffic controllers. Part of that push has been accompanied by a new ad campaign aimed at gamers that uses video game footage and Xbox sound effects to make the pitch that players can earn a six-figure salary by applying their in-game skills to the real world.

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[–] Wunz@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Until the next government shutdown...

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Wait... but the current one is still going on though!?!? (The 3rd one this fiscal year I mean, since October 2025)

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

anyone remember 2013 which is when I first learned that government shutdowns were a thing that existed and when they were an extraordinary occurrence? :'D

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

i'm gonna be honest, the idea that the government can allocate funding but not appropriate the funding is sophistry of the highest order

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago

they sure arnt reporting this in the MSM, because last freaked out alot of people from both sides.