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If You Are A Gamer, US Air Traffic Control Wants You To Apply Immediately
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F.A.A. Recruiting Gamers To Solve Air Traffic Controller Shortage
Getty Images / Gamers / Air Traffic Controllers / F.A.A. Desperate times call for desperate measures. The Federal Aviation Administration (F.A.A.) is now hoping to lure gamers to solve the air traffic controller shortage. Yup, you read that correctly, if you’re good at Call of Duty, the F.A.A. wants you! Currently, highly unqualified Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy shared a recruitment video calling for gamers to apply to be air traffic cont…
Air traffic controllers are responsible for managing air traffic in specific airspace by giving instructions and guidance to aircraft to prevent dangerous approaches and collisions. In the United States, where there is a shortage of air traffic controllers, the government is hoping and encouraging gamers to become air traffic controllers.
Washington, April 11, 2026 - And if the next protagonists of the aviation world were the gamers? The Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation have decided to focus on this reserve of talents so far little explored. Starting on April 17, the agency will begin to accept new applications for employment with the stated objective of filling a chronic shortage of personnel that is testing the entire U.S. airport system…
FAA Air Traffic Controller Hiring: Government Recruiting Gamers
The federal government is looking for video game players to help fill thousands of open air traffic control positions. A new video from the Department of Transportation specifically targets gamers as part of a massive hiring plan to add nearly 9,000 controllers by 2028. The video asks gamers if they are “up for the challenge” of the role but reminds them that while the skills are similar, the job is a “career” and not a “game.” The push for more…
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