The Transportation Department is recruiting gamers to solve its air traffic controller shortage

# The U.S. is Hiring Video Gamers to Help Fix the Air Traffic Controller Shortage The Department of Transportation is successfully recruiting video game players to become air traffic controllers, a job that's been hard to fill for years and has caused flight delays. The government discovered that gamers have skills that translate well to the job—they're good at solving problems quickly, thinking in 3D space, and juggling multiple tasks at once. The new hiring approach has been working well so far, though it still takes two years of training before anyone actually starts directing real planes.