{"id":44022,"date":"2026-04-13T04:51:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=44022"},"modified":"2026-04-13T04:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T20:51:51","slug":"the-faa-wants-to-recruit-gamers-for-careers-in-air-traffic-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=44022","title":{"rendered":"The FAA Wants To Recruit Gamers For Careers In Air Traffic Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/a\/uploads\/screen_medium\/1837\/18375603\/4680289-airtrafficcontrol.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration is officially recruiting video game players to be part of the next generation of air traffic controllers. Part of that push has been accompanied by a new ad campaign aimed at gamers that uses video game footage and Xbox sound effects to make the pitch that players can earn a six-figure salary by applying their in-game skills to the real world.<\/p>\n<div data-embed-type=\"video\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9MczWfLpBcw\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"100%\">          <\/div>\n<p>Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy shared a statement about the campaign&#8217;s outreach to a subset of people who may have some of the necessary skills to work in air traffic control.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To reach the next generation of air traffic controllers, we need to adapt,&#8221; said Duffy. &#8220;This campaign&#8217;s innovative communication style and focus on gaming taps into a growing demographic of young adults who have many of the hard skills it takes to be a successful controller.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Continue Reading at GameSpot<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/the-faa-wants-to-recruit-gamers-for-careers-in-air-traffic-control\/1100-6539336\/?ftag=CAD-01-10abi2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Aviation Administration is officially recruiting video game players to be part of the next generation of air traffic controllers. Part of that push&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[364,4802,10797,20250,7906,20408,2996],"class_list":["post-44022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-air","tag-careers","tag-control","tag-faa","tag-gamers","tag-recruit","tag-traffic","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}