The Federal Aviation Administration is expanding its ranks to some unlikely candidates: gamers. The FAA is looking to fill thousands of air traffic control positions and are actively recruiting gamers because the job using many of the same skills as video games.

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33 thoughts on “The FAA Is Recruiting Gamers For Air Traffic Control Jobs”
  1. I'm a pilot. There is a huge shortage of controllers right now. Glad this is happening. It does not matter where the controllers come from, if they come from off the street, the FAA will give them the same, if not better training than the colleges.

  2. Ok so “actively recruiting gamers”, does this mean gamers just bypass the required bachelors degree for ATC?

    Or do all requirements for ATC still apply with gamers being first choice because of skills?

  3. Ok..my 22yr old son applied and he has his own Gaming Twitch Channel plus managed $8million per year store…
    Lets see if he gets a call.🤔

  4. Being the wife of an ATC that’s been in for 15 years, and was hired off the street with zero experience…. I’ve come to the conclusion that NO ONE unless you’re ATC or married to one…. understands the job and how it all works. Most of these comments are ridiculous, extremely uninformed and ignorant.

  5. I have always considered it a video game. They’re just all dots on a screen and make sure they don’t hit.

  6. Makes sense, if you understand gaming. There are many, many types of thought processes involved in gaming, and an ability to track, memorise and concentrate on several simultaneous data streams would certainly be a mental skill that some gamers would have and use a lot. Target those people, for their ability to track complex data, and sure, makes sense that those gamers would be useful people with specific skill sets to shift into air traffic control, particularly given the way that such data is presented.

  7. I'll apply…..lol. I prefer playing with keyboard and mouse. If having to chose a joystick…..Ill take a playstation controller…..lol.

  8. They better check their mentality. When planes start crashing, the only thing their new controllers will have to say is, “Reset, Reset.” “Let me try that again.”

  9. 😎🖒🖒🖒

  10. Great! Welcome back to the train…unless they’ll hire model collectors as conductors.

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