Play video games? You, too, could become an air traffic controller.
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is touting the success of a campaign targeting video gamers to train as air traffic controllers.
  • northendtrooper@lemmy.caEnglish
    111·
    3 days ago

    How about we hire ATC professionals who hold ATC certs and not funny YTubers who play one in a simulator 23.

    • Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      The screening process is unchanged. What’s being reported on it a recruitment campaign targeted at gamers encouraged them to apply. Apparently people responding to those ads have a higher passing rate on the screening tests than the historical 10% of applicants.

  • owl@infosec.pubEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    I don’t think, the gamepads depicted are suitable to control aircraft, a submarine maybe.

  • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    If theyre so confident of ais ability to solve problems, why not use that?

    No, i dont travel much.