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Plane Landed!
style: 4500
substance: 4500
speed: 4000
civilian health: 5000 PERFECT
rings collected: 5000 PERFECT
black box: INTACT
Grade: A
"A?! A?? wtf do you even want!? WHERE'S MY GODDAMN S-RANK!?"
throws controller
Just respawn if you die.
Way back in the day there used to a game called Tracon, which was an air traffic control simulator. I played it a few tells and from those experiences I knew that ATC was never going to be a path for me. I caused so many midair collisions.
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.
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.
"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?"
"I approached yer mom last night, n00b."
female pilot voice
[most vile stream of misogynistic insults she's ever heard followed by screeching]
female pilot voice
How male-dominated is that profession, anyway?
Very. The quick search I did indicated that 70.7% to potentially 97% of pilots are men.
I can take off planes on MS Flight Sim by the way, but I could never land without crashing it.
Please at let be the ones that are the hardcore MS flight sim nerds, they do have many who take it super serious at least.
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"
sitting in the cabin
"this is your captain, brb nerds, going afk"
Good that I don't have to fly to get anywhere.
Bunch of air traffic controllers blaming their teammates for EVERY crash incoming
"You were supposed to cover me, wtf and you call yourself prestige 8 on cod? I've seen bots smarter than you."
Leroooooooy Jenkins!!
"hello ladies and gentlemen I am the spiffing brit and welcome to LAX Air Traffic control"
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
Pilot successfully landed a plane in a high risk situation
"WOW, GG GUYS, GG"
"Why isn't quick load working?"
This has "what could go wrong?" written all over it
So their ad campaign from a while ago worked huh
Look out for a hot air balloon doing a high-speed pass.
They said gamers had "hard skills" they're looking for, but surely they mean "soft skills," right?
No, "soft skills" are things like being nice and working well with other people. Why the Hell would gamers have that?
sounds like bad news