{
  "id": 675293,
  "title": "US Hires Over 2,000 Video Gamers As Air Traffic Controllers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/us-hires-over-2-000-video-gamers-as-air-traffic-controllers",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-12T15:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/08/12/0542256/us-hires-over-2000-video-gamers-as-air-traffic-controllers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The FAA says its push to recruit video gamers as air traffic controllers has helped it hire more than 2,000 trainees, reaching 94% of its hiring goal. Another 2,000-plus candidates are in the pipeline. CBS News reports: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said in a recent social media post that the federal agency's recruitment campaign to recruit gamers as air traffic controllers has been…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}