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Re:America desperately needs more air traffic controllers by newsclues on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @10:35PM (#42943380)
Ability to rapidly process information and react to changes.

Communication is a learned skill.

Ability to handle stress and thrive under pressure is the key.

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Re:America desperately needs more air traffic controllers by bluedino on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @11:34PM (#42943845)
We should have plenty of people that play video games.
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Re:America desperately needs more air traffic controllers by sgarland on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @08:47AM (#42948409)
I don’t think your average tech worker has any notion of what stress is, unless you’re consistently on-call overnight. Even then, it’s not the same.

This isn’t meant to belittle or scoff at people’s lived experiences, but the difference between “if I get this wrong, my company will lose millions of dollars” and “if I get this wrong, hundreds of people die” is VAST.

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