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