Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the agency is looking to young people and video game fans to recruit air traffic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new air traffic controller hiring campaign from the Department of Transportation (DOT) is targeting gamers to address a longtime ...

Parents have long worried that video gaming corrupts their kids’ brains. Now the U.S. government is proclaiming that all is not lost, and that in fact a lucrative career path awaits as an air traffic ...

The Federal Aviation Administration opened a new round of air traffic controller applications on April 17, and the pitch looked nothing like a typical government job posting. The agency’s careers page ...

The Federal Aviation Administration is looking for the "next generation of air traffic controllers," and gamers might be the ones to fill the role. The FAA announced April 10 that it would open the ...

Since its release in 1998, this air traffic control simulation game has established itself as a long seller, strongly supported by numerous users both inside and outside of aviation fandom. For the ...

An ad aimed at recruiting gamers to be air traffic controllers asks, "Are you up for the challenge? You've been training for this." Photo Credit: U.S. Department of Transportation The FAA, pushing to ...

The Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Transportation are targeting a new generation of air traffic controllers: video gamers.On April 17, the FAA will start accepting applications to ...

Kevin Carter/Getty Images, FILE - PHOTO: In this Jan. 27, 2026, file photo, an American Eagle SkyWest Airlines Embraer E175LR airplane departs Los Angeles International Airport with the air traffic ...