FAA Hiring Thousands of Gamers to Become Air Traffic Controllers
August 13th, 20262000? Those are rookie numbers.
FAA could probably sort the whole thing out with 20 high tier Starcraft 2 players and unlimited energy drinks:
Via: CBS:
Video gamers are in demand to help patrol the nation’s skies.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said in a recent social media post that the federal agency’s recruitment campaign to recruit gamers as air traffic controllers has been a “game changer” for the Federal Aviation Administration.
The FAA hired more than 2,000 video gamers to train as air traffic controllers, meeting 94% of its hiring goal, according to the Transportation Department. Another 2,000-plus candidates are in the hiring pipeline, Duffy added.
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