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?
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.
I agree games are good for life. Allow you to see situations, real and fictional, and how to apply real puzzle solving to them. Reaction speed it a good perk. Dexterity of eye/hand control.
Puzzle solving
Perspectives
Reaction timing
Situational awareness, situational understanding
Just to name a few.
Pass a law that any government shutdown over a week causes all of Congress to be fired, and I may consider it.
I’d rather play the GTA San Andreas flight missions non-stop than work for the govt in any capacity.
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.
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.
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.
The FAA does not have the same level of marketing budget as the military, so dedicated games are less likely.
You cant pause and restart when those planes make contact on the ground while taxiing
Just hit F5 before you start so you can reload.
Skill issue
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I wonder if they’re talking to any of the VATSIM at controllers. Those guys are quite good.
