Comment Re:Just... wow (Score 1) 75
many of whom undoubtedly live in momma's basement and maybe work at 7-eleven or Walmart
Tell us you don't know what a "gamer" is without telling us. I know many gamers. We sink many hours a day into gaming. One of us even has a Twitch stream and several records, and a Youtube channel with a significant number of subscribers to the point where he gets advanced copies from the developers of the games he mostly showcases.
We're engineers by the way, well except for one of us who's a finance executive, we all own our own houses, actually my "momma" is staying with us next week while visiting though she's going to be sleeping in the loft.
I wonder how many of these fledgling ATCs will only find out the hard way that THIS game is for keepsies, and that dead "NPCs" - aka passengers -and their families may come back to haunt them for reals.
I'll take a guess and say zero since you clearly have no fucking idea what you're talking about.
Plus, at some point the ones who actually turn out to be good are going to want salaries, benefits, and working conditions commensurate with the job
Airtraffic controllers earn 6 figures + government benefits. The administration even gave bonuses to those who worked overtime during the government shutdown.
It wouldn't surprise me if American airspace ends up being blacklisted by many airlines and pilots around the world.
Of course it wouldn't surprise you, because you clearly have no fucking idea what you're talking about.