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FAA wants to hire gamers as air-traffic controllers

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The FAA wants video gamers to be the next generation of air traffic controllers

The Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Transportation are targeting a new generation of air traffic controllers: video gamers.

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FAA seeks gamers to fix air traffic controller shortage causing airport chaos

FAA wants video gamers to become air traffic controllers as it rolls out new hiring campaign

To Fill Air Traffic Controller Shortage, F.A.A. Turns to Gamers

The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday is making a recruiting push aimed at avid players of video games, as the agency strives to fill thousands of vacancies that lawmakers have said leave the ...

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FAA looks to unconventional source for new air traffic controllers: Gamers

U.S. faces an air traffic controller shortage. It's turning to gamers for help.

FAA Investigates Close Call on LAX Taxiway

FAA investigates close call on LAX taxiway just weeks after LaGuardia runway crash

A Frontier Airlines jet nearly collided with two trucks that crossed in front of it earlier this week at Los Angeles International Airport, but unlike last month's deadly crash in New York while a pla...

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FAA to investigate after Frontier plane nearly hits 2 trucks at LAX

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FAA investigating close call between plane and two trucks at LAX

FAA, lasers and drones

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FAA and military agree on how to use lasers to take down drones at the southern border

The Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Defense have come to an agreement on how “high-energy laser counter-drone” systems can be used at the Southern border, according to a news release.

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F.A.A. Says Military Can Use Anti-Drone Lasers in U.S. Airspace

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FAA and Pentagon Approve Laser Counter-Drone System Along U.S.-Mexico Border

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FAA says proper use of anti-drone lasers that prompted Texas airspace closures is safe for flights

Counter-drone lasers will now be able to be used along the southern border. The Federal Aviation Administration agreed with the Pentagon on Friday that they are safe, so additional airspace

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FAA's Latest ATC Recruiting Strategy Targets…Gamers?

It's a career." That's how the FAA-in a flashy new video posted Friday-is pitching to gamers to put their twitchy fingers to use in the control tower in its latest air traffic control (ATC) hiring push,

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FAA, Pentagon declare antidrone laser system safe after El Paso airport shutdown

The U.S. government can now use a counterdrone laser along the southern border after the Pentagon and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agreed the weapons are safe, the two agencies announced Friday.