Stop Panicking About Gamers in Air Traffic Control. The Real Crisis Is Much Worse.
The FAA’s hiring of 2,000 gamers as air traffic controllers isn’t a quirky experiment—it’s a dangerous symptom of a broken system. Chronic understaffing, poor retention, and decades of mismanagement have left the agency so desperate that it’s betting passenger safety on a stopgap measure that fails 90% of recruits. The real crisis isn’t the gamers; it’s the rot beneath.