Pilots’ moms in shambles

ATC: “N3407 Heavy, proceed left to enter a holding pattern.”

Pilot: “The runway is directly beneath me to my right, why don’t I just go right?”

ATC: “That’s a great idea, N3407 Heavy. Proceed right to collide with FedEx 005 Heavy.”

Pilot: “…N3407 Heavy, proceeding left to enter holding pattern, over.”

ATC: “You’re a genius.”

That doesn’t seem like an awful idea, but what about targeting the folks who are like “ah yeah that’s the 4532 from boston” when a plane goes past overhead

This already happens on the Guard channels, they don’t need gamers just pilots ripping on other pilots is enough.

'Ability to handle pressure' my guy have you seen gamers rage the fuck out over nothing before or

There's already an online community of amateur ATC that have to learn, mentor, and prove they can do ATC for online flight sims. It's not a bad take. Some of those folks get really good at the ATC speak and are usually trained by retired or current ATC. It's amateur but those peeps are legit and take the tasks very seriously most of the time.

Source: I once looked into doing this but quickly got overwhelmed.

LAX we have a system error-
“Git gud.”

We can just save scum our way out of crashes, right?

"lol noob needs help landing. Git gud, scrub."

AAL3243: Tower did the runway lights just go off?

Tower: Blyat!

I guess red states gets the ones that play Microsoft flight simulator and Blue States gets the ones that play Grand theft Auto

Militaries may be seeking to hire them before long, if things keep going downhill here, which they will.

I was under the impression that the FAA fired air controllers. Can't they just rehire them?

To ensure they're at peak performance, they're gonna need provisions to WFH in their underwear. Job needs to provide endless supply of hot pockets, Doritos, mountain dew, and Taco Bell gift certificates. And three daily 15-minute gooning breaks.

Heated ATC moment

Don't air traffic controllers need to be experienced pilots?

I’m not sure I want an ATC throwing a controller at the radar screen trying to land the plane I'm on.

What could go wrong letting something so important be in the hands of someone with an underdeveloped prefrontal cortex?

Can we save scum?