I know there’s a lot of negative sentiment here and for good reason, but I think it’s just neat whenever someone recognizes that gaming does partially prepare you for certain roles.
Great at gaming? US air traffic control wants you to apply
Submitted 1 month ago by Valnao@sh.itjust.works to games@lemmy.world
http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce84rvx0e6do
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chunes@lemmy.world 1 month ago
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I agree games are good for life. Allow you to see situations, real and fictional, and how to escape them. Reaction speed it a good perk. Dexterity of eye/hand control.
Puzzle solving
Perspectives
Reaction timing
Just to name a few.
Katana314@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Pass a law that any government shutdown over a week causes all of Congress to be fired, and I may consider it.
Dionysus@leminal.space 1 month ago
Or congress not to be paid.
Those fuckers still get paid in full.
They protect themselves and fuck over everyone else.
And we keep voting them in.
scutiger@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Congresspeople are already rich. Shutdowns don’t really have any impact on them.
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
They aren’t making their living from congressional paychecks.
MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 1 month ago
The issue is that would impact Congress members that are actually fighting for the average American the most. Those Congress members would theoretically be elected due to grassroots support and are not trust fund babies that have wealthy donors able to keep them afloat. Your McConnells and pelosis could happily outlast the more progressive members.
lemmyng@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’d rather play the GTA San Andreas flight missions non-stop than work for the govt in any capacity.
audaxdreik@pawb.social 1 month ago
Finally! As someone who has played the only(?) available English translation of “I am an Air Traffic Controller: Airport Hero” on the 3DS, my time has COME!
What’s that? Drug test? … Nevermind.
Mechanite@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That game was so fun
rozodru@piefed.world 1 month ago
sorry but many free to play games aren’t that great so i’ll pass.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They went about this the wrong way. Get with a AAA studio or better yet an indie studio, build an Air Traffic Control game, and then recruit gamers. Sometimes you gotta Top Gun it.
JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m a pilot. I talk to atc all the time. You don’t want a call of duty oficianados and sweaty gamers. You want the kid that plays factoro who also micros farming sims on the side for fun. We have full functioning discords for flying sims already. Those guys are already working for atc. I want that rainman autistic with the verbal skills of an FM radio jockey. Its not an easy job, but fortnight ain’t the answer I can promise you that.
atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m an Avionics tech. Chances are I’ve repaired, modded or installed a lot of the systems you’re talking about, and I don’t disagree.
I definitely wasn’t talking about Fortnite when I made my comment.
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
The FAA does not have the same level of marketing budget as the military, so dedicated games are less likely.
ieatpwns@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You cant pause and restart when those planes make contact on the ground while taxiing
Toribor@corndog.social 1 month ago
True but it does put me in a good position to maximize my kill/death ratio.
Gerudo@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I hear they can dock your pay for save scumming something about multiple timelines interfering with reality blah blah blah
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Just hit F5 before you start so you can reload.
Daxelman@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I’m about to make 9/11 look like child’s play.
boeman@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Skill issue
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I wonder if they’re talking to any of the VATSIM at controllers. Those guys are quite good.
zikzak025@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What, so I can be underpaid to do the most stressful and undersupported job ever, with the chance that the next political controversy may force me to go weeks or months without pay, and then feel the guilt of killing several hundred people if I screw up?
scratchee@feddit.uk 1 month ago
All because Reagan felt their power trip was more important than maintaining safety in a system entirely dependent on maintaining safety.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 month ago
Federal jobs used to be nice. Stable solid employment for the rest of your life. Nothing glamorous but you wouldn’t have to worry while the market goes up and down.
And then last year that completely changed in a bad way