The FAA is offering gamers $155,000 to help solve America's air traffic controller crisis — here’s why their skills are so desirable

With a 3,500-controller shortage and rising safety concerns, the government is looking at the gaming community to fill the gap.
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FAA sets records in effort to hire gamers as air traffic controllers

The agency received over 12,000 applications in less than two days, making the effort “wildly successful,” according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

The FAA is so desperate for air traffic controllers it's offering gamers $155,000 to help solve the problem

With a 3,500-controller shortage and rising safety concerns, the government is looking at the gaming community to fill the gap.

Duffy: Effort to recruit gamers as air traffic controllers ‘wildly successful’

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is targeting video gamers to serve in air traffic controller roles, an effort ...
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FAA wants video gamers to become air traffic controllers as it rolls out new hiring campaign

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration wants video game players to "level up" and apply to become air traffic controllers. The splashy new campaign, including an ad targeted at video game ...

FAA recruiting gamers for air traffic control roles

Video games, once thought of as a pastime and nothing more, have evolved into a form of competition and even a gateway to careers, including an unlikely but emerging pathway. There’s a shortage of air ...

FAA looks to gamers as 'next generation of air traffic controllers'

The annual air traffic control hiring window opens on Friday, April 17. Here's what the FAA is looking for.