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The FAA wants video gamers to be the next generation of air traffic controllers (www.cnn.com)

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[–] Carmakazi@piefed.social 14 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It's not ridiculous, but it's not a slam dunk either, I think.

The average gamer isn't necessarily good at playing them. I would even say the majority. There's a chasm of difference between a pro-level StarCraft player and some dude who hops on Warzone with his drinking buddies every few nights.

At the end of the day all this is is a semi-desperate HR stunt to try and get bodies into our massively overtaxed towers.

[–] AskewLord@piefed.social 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

https://www.faa.gov/air-traffic-controller-qualifications

There requirements would eliminate the vast majority of gamers. They want people in perfect physical and mental health (perfect vision and perfect hearing) with bachelors degrees. No drugs. And you have to pass a qualifying exam.

Then you are going to be working 3-4 years at low pay until you are fully certified.

[–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 1 points 28 minutes ago

You're also getting no say in where you end up. It could be any city in the United States.

[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 points 5 hours ago

Yeah ... maybe the bachelor's degree isn't really necessary?

Or maybe they could just pay better.

Or maybe they could invest in a (very well tested and absolutely not vibe-coded) computerized system that takes some of the mental burden and stress out of the job.

But out of those 3 options, dropping the degree requirement is the only one that doesn't cost a lot of money, so...