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US hires over 2,000 video gamers as air traffic controllers
(www.fox21online.com)
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"Seattle Approach, Cherokee 8121K, 20 southwest of Seattle VOR at 7,500, en route Arlington, request transit Class Bravo airspace."
-"LMAO, shut the fuck up *****. Why don't you get gud at being a pilot instead of being carried under tower from support every time looser?"
female pilot voice
[most vile stream of misogynistic insults she's ever heard followed by screeching]
Another plane is then directed into her path
How male-dominated is that profession, anyway?
Very. The quick search I did indicated that 70.7% to potentially 97% of pilots are men.
"I approached yer mom last night, n00b."
"Then I gave her Runway 69. Flaps up!"
/tower launches anti-aircraft missile and TKs plane, then resigns