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How many of those nerds who role play as air traffic controllers on flight simulations at home qualified to do it for real? How much extra training would they n
by Apreche 2y ago
How many of those nerds who role play as air traffic controllers on flight simulations at home qualified to do it for real? How much extra training would they need?
- psunavy03 2y agoThe irony of someone on THIS site of all of them scoffing at other people for being nerds . . .
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- 7speter 2y agoFrom what I understand, if they are over 30 and have less than 20/20 vision, they aren’t qualified.
- wry_discontent 2y agoDo you have a date when that policy was instituted? I've known a lot of air traffic controllers, and most of them wore glasses.
- dgfitz 2y agoFirst result in google for "air traffic controller training" https://www.faa.gov/air-traffic-controller-qualifications https://www.faa.gov/air-traffic-controller-qualifications Edit: I didn't take a stance on this topic, if you think I did, you are incorrect. I was simply linking the website that outlines the requirements instead of postulating as to what they were.
- Ichthypresbyter 2y agoAIUI that requirement can be met with vision corrected to 20/20 by glasses.
- nkurz 2y agoYou didn't say exactly what you believe, but I think you are mistaken if you are claiming that the FAA requires _uncorrected_ 20:20 vision as a qualification. "With FAA order 3930.3B ATC vision standards were made similar to airman standards. With or without correction air traffic controllers must demonstrate 20/20 distant vision in each eye separately, 20/40 in each eye at 16 inches near vision, and 20/40 in each eye at 32 inches intermediate vision if they are 50 years of age or older. Glasses or contact lenses are permitted." https://aviationmedicine.com/article/vision-and-faa-standards/ https://aviationmedicine.com/article/vision-and-faa-standard...
- dgfitz 2y agoI made no claims at all, I linked reference material.
- DonHopkins 2y ago[flagged]
- dgfitz 2y agoWhat are you on about? I was trying to aid the discussion of "requirements to be an ATC" and you're pissed I don't give a fuck about what those requirements are? Don't have strong opinions on them? What the fuck? I don't give a fuck, and have ZERO opinions on them.
- simplicio 2y agoThink the qualification is to get into the training program, presumably air traffic controllers who develop near nearsightedness later in life aren't summarily fired. Still, seems like a crazy requirement.
- lenerdenator 2y agoSeems like a problem to me; nearsightedness is becoming more and more common.
- potato3732842 2y agoWhich is basically a problem with how we do school. Turns out that making teenagers stare at screens all the time mints a lot of near sighted 20 year olds who wouldn't have otherwise been.
- akurtzhs 2y agoKids really need to spend time outside. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40148707 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40148707
- schmookeeg 2y agoIt's an interesting thought. I wonder if VATSIM could provide a meaningful "pre-ATC" qualification. The people are already clearly interested/enthusiastic about the job.
- fatbird 2y agoI was told by a private pilot that the people on VATSIM are usually real air traffic controllers keeping in practice to do things like ATC the big air shows, which are volunteer ATC.