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[–] owl@infosec.pub 30 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

"Seattle Approach, Cherokee 8121K, 20 southwest of Seattle VOR at 7,500, en route Arlington, request transit Class Bravo airspace."
-"LMAO, shut the fuck up *****. Why don't you get gud at being a pilot instead of being carried under tower from support every time looser?"

[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 17 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

female pilot voice

[most vile stream of misogynistic insults she's ever heard followed by screeching]

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 20 minutes ago

female pilot voice

How male-dominated is that profession, anyway?

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 1 points 5 minutes ago

"I approached yer mom last night, n00b."

[–] Siegehammer85@lemmy.world 25 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Please at let be the ones that are the hardcore MS flight sim nerds, they do have many who take is super serious at least.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 36 minutes ago* (last edited 35 minutes ago)
[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

teabagging their coworker/teammates that they just betrayed for the lols

"and they pay me for this shit lmao FUCK YOU MOM I TOLD YOU MY SKILLS WOULD PAY OFF"

[–] xxploit@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 minutes ago

Being good at some computer games (not just flight simulators) is helpful in getting through the recruitment process. I'd say a mix of having good orientation and implementing and executing a strategy is required at the very least (and sticking to it, which I didn't do lol), which you definitely get/practice in games.

However the actual training process can cut those numbers dramatically, but I wouldn't be surprised if they ignored obvious red flags with some of these 'gamers' just to pump those numbers up.

[–] ksh@aussie.zone 1 points 13 minutes ago

I can take off planes on MS Flight Sim by the way, but I could never land without crashing it.

[–] SomeDudeFromSpace@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 hour ago

Leroooooooy Jenkins!!

[–] batcheck@lemmy.world 15 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Bunch of air traffic controllers blaming their teammates for EVERY crash incoming

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

"You were supposed to cover me, wtf and you call yourself prestige 8 on cod? I've seen bots smarter than you."

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 31 minutes ago

"hello ladies and gentlemen I am the spiffing brit and welcome to LAX Air Traffic control"

[–] quarkquasar@lemmy.world 2 points 16 minutes ago* (last edited 15 minutes ago)

I'm glad I don't know more about aviation and human nature so I don't have to worry about this as much as it probably warrants.

People who are used to not facing real consequences, directing 200-ton metal tubes full of humans through the air above us?

Probably fine.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 11 points 1 hour ago

I found a glitch. When you crash a few planes on the other runways, all the traffic has to go over a single one. Still the same traffic and points but way easier to manage

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 hour ago

Pilot successfully landed a plane in a high risk situation

"WOW, GG GUYS, GG"

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 14 points 2 hours ago

"Why isn't quick load working?"

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 37 minutes ago
[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

This has "what could go wrong?" written all over it

[–] inari@piefed.zip 4 points 1 hour ago

So their ad campaign from a while ago worked huh

Look out for a hot air balloon doing a high-speed pass.

[–] that_lightnin@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

sounds like bad news

[–] warbond@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

They said gamers had "hard skills" they're looking for, but surely they mean "soft skills," right?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 18 minutes ago

No, "soft skills" are things like being nice and working well with other people. Why the Hell would gamers have that?