FAA says it hired 2,000 gamers to run air traffic control
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The FAA's outside-the-box recruitment campaign targeting video gamers has successfully met 94% of its air traffic controller hiring goals in record time.
The IFR system, while generally safe, has complexities, with errors often arising from ATC consolidations and the use of "canned clearances" that are not always properly vetted or published. A significant issue highlighted is that some regional "canned ...