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[-] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 65 points 4 weeks ago

Pilots’ moms in shambles

[-] Boppel@feddit.org 49 points 4 weeks ago
[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 36 points 4 weeks ago

You know, I hadn't thought about it from that angle. I bet they also wouldn't really last long because there's no "you did it" graphics or rewards on screen of any kind.

[-] plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 weeks ago

Did you seriously just stereotype every gamer to the worst kind there is?

[-] its_kim_love 43 points 4 weeks ago
[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 weeks ago

Easy fix, they'll just gamify the ATC room

[-] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Reward comes every other Friday

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 45 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

ATC: “N3407 Heavy, proceed left to enter a holding pattern.”

Pilot: “The runway is directly beneath me to my right, why don’t I just go right?”

ATC: “That’s a great idea, N3407 Heavy. Proceed right to collide with FedEx 005 Heavy.”

Pilot: “…N3407 Heavy, proceeding left to enter holding pattern, over.”

ATC: “You’re a genius.”

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 26 points 4 weeks ago

as hilarious as this sounds, I can totally see communication cutting and the pilot only getting the first part and missing everything after the callsign

[-] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 weeks ago

Why would a FedEx flight be “heavy”?

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 31 points 4 weeks ago

ATC: “Because it’s full of packages, duh. Someone kick this noob!”

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 7 points 4 weeks ago

Stop fat-shaming planes!

[-] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 31 points 4 weeks ago

That doesn’t seem like an awful idea, but what about targeting the folks who are like “ah yeah that’s the 4532 from boston” when a plane goes past overhead

[-] eestileib 17 points 4 weeks ago

There are like 15x the number of people who would want to do the logistics for train systems and would kick ass at it than there are jobs for that career.

Solution: narrow gauge rails -everywhere-.

[-] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 12 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

I truly wish all large vehicles were on rails. I saw two pedestrians almost get hit in two separate crosswalks today.

I’m honestly fine with traveling across an entire country taking a week or whatever (aka even without high speed rails).

Wish we could all slow down.

[-] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

The same reason foamers often don't make it on the railroad. They cause safety issues getting distracted by the cool trains, and they become disillusioned seeing the reality of their obsession.

[-] thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works 27 points 4 weeks ago

This already happens on the Guard channels, they don’t need gamers just pilots ripping on other pilots is enough.

[-] Pat@feddit.nu 18 points 4 weeks ago
[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

"UWU so mean >3"

and all the characters are pronounced clearly.

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Lima Oscar Lima

[-] itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world 19 points 4 weeks ago

'Ability to handle pressure' my guy have you seen gamers rage the fuck out over nothing before or

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago

AAL3243: Tower did the runway lights just go off?

Tower: Blyat!

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

What about "no Russian" do you not understand‽‽‽

[-] regedit@lemmy.zip 15 points 4 weeks ago

There's already an online community of amateur ATC that have to learn, mentor, and prove they can do ATC for online flight sims. It's not a bad take. Some of those folks get really good at the ATC speak and are usually trained by retired or current ATC. It's amateur but those peeps are legit and take the tasks very seriously most of the time.

Source: I once looked into doing this but quickly got overwhelmed.

[-] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 14 points 4 weeks ago

LAX we have a system error-
“Git gud.”

[-] massacre@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Planes crashed? Fuckin n00bs.

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago

We can just save scum our way out of crashes, right?

[-] JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 weeks ago

To ensure they're at peak performance, they're gonna need provisions to WFH in their underwear. Job needs to provide endless supply of hot pockets, Doritos, mountain dew, and Taco Bell gift certificates. And three daily 15-minute gooning breaks.

[-] Blackout@fedia.io 7 points 4 weeks ago

I guess red states gets the ones that play Microsoft flight simulator and Blue States gets the ones that play Grand theft Auto

[-] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 7 points 4 weeks ago

"can you take that dick out of your mouth? I can hardly understand you!"

[-] k0e3@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 weeks ago

I was under the impression that the FAA fired air controllers. Can't they just rehire them?

[-] ProbablyBaysean@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 weeks ago

That would be giving into unions or similar. They have to break the idea of rights so that every plane will remind you what they do to collective bargaining.

That is the story the last time they broke the air traffic controller union, and it set the tone for unions for all the subsequent decades. I'm not sure what they are doing here.

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

I’m not sure I want an ATC throwing a controller at the radar screen trying to land the plane I'm on.

[-] 0x0@infosec.pub 2 points 4 weeks ago

qq ragequit

[-] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 weeks ago

Militaries may be seeking to hire them before long, if things keep going downhill here, which they will.

[-] bestagon@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago

They already are. Tons of military recruitment propaganda is aimed at gamers. Including an esports team and COD cosmetics, not to mention COD basically serving as military recruitment on its own.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Are we forgetting America's Army, the recruitment game that the army made?

https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/06/05/the-sum-of-all-stuff

[-] Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 weeks ago

Heated ATC moment

[-] monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

What could go wrong letting something so important be in the hands of someone with an underdeveloped prefrontal cortex?

[-] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

I don't think anyone is advocating giving MAGAts those jobs just yet. But hey, you never know!

[-] godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

Imagine the rage quits when they can't save scum.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Can we save scum?

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