The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) effort to recruit video game players into air traffic controller jobs has been “wildly successful” so far, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
“This has been wildly successful, and if you think about what these gamers are doing on screens, they’re talking, and there’s a lot going on,” Duffy said on April 17 during an interview at the Semafor World Economy Summit.
“They’re used to that, and that’s actually what you’re doing in a tower or in a facility,” Duffy told Semafor journalist Shelby Talcott.
“So they’ve become well-suited, from the games they play, to actually have a great career that pays well and allows them to support their families.”…