Idea: atc roguelike, the highest setting is the U.S. where you randomly don’t get paid sometimes
this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2026
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oh man that sounds so fun. Let me sign up to work abusive hours in an understaffed underpaid position that requires a high level of skill and multitasking using outdated technology. Also I'll get to fight bees and bats on the way to my un air conditioned office at the top of a tower because the elevator has been broken since 2007
As a bonus sometimes you get to work a second job because the paycheck stops randomly
What do you mean there's no quick load on this game?
Dude, you can’t save scum your way to coordinating the airspace.
Future News Headline
FAA under scrutiny after air traffic controller terrifies numerous passengers because he was bored.
Don't pilots already do that?
The FAA wants to recruit children as ATC because most people who have been alive for longer have seen how quickly the FAA will fuck them over and try to get them to work for free while striking is illegal. I wouldn't even consider working ATC before like $150k/yr based on all the "work without pay during the shutdown" fuckery I've seen from the FAA during my lifetime
The more desperate someone is - and also red-pilled - the more likely that they will accept working under those, or any, conditions.
They will all have either psychological issues or previous cannabis use. Both are lifetime disqualifying conditions because the laws in force were written in the 1930s.
"What's up chat, today we're going to be routing traffic at LAX--whoa, is that Elon's private plane?"
Will they get paid, though?
Until the next government shutdown...
Wait... but the current one is still going on though!?!? (The 3rd one this fiscal year I mean, since October 2025)
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
i'm gonna be honest, the idea that the government can allocate funding but not appropriate the funding is sophistry of the highest order
they sure arnt reporting this in the MSM, because last freaked out alot of people from both sides.
I know my hours of playing Tetris got me a job at the store bagging groceries. Employee of the month!
Tetris = bagging
Starcraft = air traffic control
Minecraft = architecture
Sims = HR
Pokemon = animal control
Assetto Corsa = Uber
I think Doom is more on par w HR
That sounds like some "tales from the trenches" talk.
the problem is that, its extremely restrictive to get in even to start school, plus you can be over 31, plus other DQs.
I think I read once that there was maybe two schools in the nation that could certify you. Hell it might have been one. So incredibly hard to get into, and producing an incredibly small number of trained individuals.
We're all going to die
This statement will always be true.
I escaped from the airport in a plane as Trevor in GTA 5. Put me in, coach.
Bad idea! You know they'll all rage quit.
Here's an idea: offer to pay for their education and give them a stable career with a comfortable salary, comprehensive benefits package, and room for advancement.
Oh, what's that? You won't, because then billionaires wouldn't be able to treat them like slaves? Well, suck it then. No ATCs for you!
Better pay them massive signing bonuses. Otherwise they be like fuck no, thank you kindly.
Oh dear god, they're going to hire AirForceProud.
Slew mode activated
That's a no go on runway 12 E, its currently being used by a Blimp... with an approach speed of ... Mach 3 ... and ... there he goes ...
Ahem, you are clear to approach on 12 E.
Fun fact: there've been a bunch of ATC simulator games back in the eighties to mid-nineties, but the most successful ongoing series seems to be ‘Air Traffic Controller’, which is of course Japanese. Aside from Windows, it notably includes versions for PSP, DS, 3DS, and several mobile ports that are probably only released in Japan.
Supposedly the series includes layouts of real airports, mostly Japanese ones.
A fun game is also Mini Airways, which also deals with managing the takeoff and landing of planes. According to this Game, I am NOT qualified for that job.
One would think that this game is from the same developer as ‘Mini Metro’ and ‘Mini Motorways’, but nope. 🤔
Do you want ATC to tell planes to do a barrel roll?
Hey this hits two of my things: needing a job and I’m a gamer..
Wasn't that a Robin Williams flick?
Can't wait for gamergate at gate 9.
That's been the norm for years in au/nz
Keeping all that planes from colliding, and taking responsibility for all these lives?
They'd have to pay me like $1M in annual salary