The USA's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has a recruitment campaign at gamers. The FAA wants them to becoming air traffic controllers. There a shortage of workers in the sector, so the government people skilled at gaming could the growing number of vacancies. The US currently at least 3,000 controllers. Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, said: "Our union innovative approaches to expanding the candidate pool, including outreach to individuals with high-level skills, such as gamers, so long as all pathways the rigorous standards of this safety-critical profession."
The recruitment drive a video with an Xbox logo on it. The tag line is explicitly at gamers. It says: "You've been for this... Become an air traffic controller. It's not a game. It's a career." The promo adds: "You'll millions of people safe every year. And make a lot of money." The enticing salary is $155,000 a year. US Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said the country needs to "a growing demographic of young adults who many of the hard skills it to be a successful controller". Some current controllers have said gaming could a useful skill. They said it had "an influence on their ability to quickly, stay focused, and complexity".
