US transportation secretary touts 'wildly successful' program recruiting gamers for air traffic cont

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konane — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:58:21 GMT

Thanks Jarasan. No 'final boss' to slay.

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konane — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:57:15 GMT

Thanks Grwurston. You're likely correct.

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jarasan — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:31:55 GMT

They might find it boring though..........

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grwurston — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:47:32 GMT

If the dems hadn't shut down the gov't, there wouldn't be a problem in the first place.

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konane — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:34:37 GMT

Thanks Jarasan. Yup they do .... speed determination persistence and accuracy. ��

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konane — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:32:31 GMT

Thanks Sully. Yes they do. All those skills necessary for a high pressure job like that.

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jarasan — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:19:50 GMT

They live for that!

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sully16 — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:13:30 GMT

They do have great concentration and coordination skills.

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konane — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:21:38 GMT

Brilliant concept.

US transportation secretary touts wildly successful program recruiting gamers for air traffic controllers

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday that it makes a lot of sense to hire gamers to address a shortage of air traffic controllers.

If you think just what these gamers are doing on screens, and they re talking and there s a lot of things going on they re used to that. And that s actually what you re doing in a tower, Duffy said at Semafor World Economy in Washington, DC. .....

https://www.semafor.com/article/04/17/2026/usdot-sec-sean-duffy-recruiting-gamers-as-air-traffic-controllers-is-wildly-successful... [ More ]