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[-] Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 month ago

I read the article and I don't quite see the line they took to get that gamers are the target applicants they want..

Was it just the ability to sit in a chair and watch a screen for 8+ hours a day?

Was it the outliers like those half dozen people who have platinum'd crimson desert already?

The people who play rage bait being able to handle without cracking under direct pressure?

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

It's just a large demographic...

They need bodies at this point, any bodies.

So they're aiming at one of the largest demographics for younger generations.

0.01% of video gamers, is more people than 0.01% of all tiddlywinks players.

It doesn't matter how well it connects, it's just a large demo that watches a bunch of YouTube videos and will see the ads.

[-] corvi@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

I vaguely remember reading something about ATC workers being on average really good at StarCraft 2.

[-] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

So they probably don't want gamers who yell at and punch their monitors? Well there goes my potential career.

[-] rosco385@lemmy.wtf 18 points 1 month ago

The reason ATC is on the verge of collapse in the US is because Regan killed the union.

Who would've thought letting bosses have their own way would lead to this. /s

[-] MilitantAtheist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Aren't there people who larp air traffic controllers in Microsoft flight simulator?

[-] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Maybe cosplay, not larp.

"sir, you cannot land inverted" "WATCH ME" "fine, but get it done quickly and be sure to taxi off immediately"

You aren't really larping with that kind of allowance, right?

[-] psyc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Chat, are we cooked?

[-] Dearth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I would love to be an air traffic controller but i think I'm too old to start

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

So the people who scream racial slurs when provoked? Makes sense for this administration.

[-] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Mate we’re not all like that, some of us just play video games (shocking I know)

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Don't see any other community that screams racial slurs when they lose, and I cannot stress this enough, a game.

[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Soccer/football. They also yell them when they're winning, though.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

And now I'm imagining football hooligan air traffic control.

[-] FishFace@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

What other kinds of games are there where you can hear what the losers are yelling?

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Anything played in person. Where you tend to get punched or ostracized for loudly shouting racial slurs.

[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

You should play more poker.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Given the context, I doubt I should.

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

"United 172 heavy, you are cleared for takeoff on runway 2 left...bitch"

[-] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"Copy that. I should let you know that your mom is joining me in the COCKpit for this one. she's prepared the landing strip and says she wants to have a go at my yoke.

Oh, and your dad's a r******* n*****.

BTW, you did get that midget porn loaded on my iPad as requested? Your mother and I are gonna need that once we hit cruising altitude. Over."

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