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?
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All because Reagan felt their power trip was more important than maintaining safety in a system entirely dependent on maintaining safety.
Federal jobs used to be nice. Stable solid employment for the rest of your life. Nothing glamorous but you wouldn't have to worry while the market goes up and down.
And then last year that completely changed in a bad way
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.
Or congress not to be paid.
Those fuckers still get paid in full.
They protect themselves and fuck over everyone else.
And we keep voting them in.
Congresspeople are already rich. Shutdowns don't really have any impact on them.
And yet the fuckers still pay themselves.
Right, they always want more, but they can always outlast the poor during a shutdown.
They aren’t making their living from congressional paychecks.
The issue is that would impact Congress members that are actually fighting for the average American the most. Those Congress members would theoretically be elected due to grassroots support and are not trust fund babies that have wealthy donors able to keep them afloat. Your McConnells and pelosis could happily outlast the more progressive members.
I'd rather play the GTA San Andreas flight missions non-stop than work for the govt in any capacity.
Finally! As someone who has played the only(?) available English translation of "I am an Air Traffic Controller: Airport Hero" on the 3DS, my time has COME!
What's that? Drug test? .......... Nevermind.
EDIT: But like seriously, are there any other English translations than the Osaka-KIX version? It's all I managed to find scraping about the internet, I'd love if there was a fan translation of some of those old GBA versions with the cute, crunchy pixel work.
That game was so fun
sorry but many free to play games aren't that great so i'll pass.
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.
I hear they can dock your pay for save scumming something about multiple timelines interfering with reality blah blah blah
True but it does put me in a good position to maximize my kill/death ratio.
I'm about to make 9/11 look like child's play.
Skill issue
I wonder if they're talking to any of the VATSIM at controllers. Those guys are quite good.