Concern after Trump admin hires 2,000 gamers to fill air traffic controller jobs: ‘If they f*** up, people die’ | The Independent

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-air-traffic-controllers-gamers-b3031691.html

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loanrangerofpeanuts@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 22d

It’s drama over nothing. They still have to pass their training and it’s very rigorous training. The reality is about 30% of them will fail training. Being gamers has nothing to do with that, it’s just a difficult job.

mrchampion@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 22d

"Video games" is extremely broad. I'd like to see what kinds of video games they're playing. There's so many simulator games out ther I wouldn't be surprised if there's a "Air Traffic Controller Simulator"

AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 21d

TIL that if non-gamers fucked up that position, nobody would die.