▲ 292 ▼ US hires over 2,000 video gamers as air traffic controllers (www.fox21online.com) submitted 2 days ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 95 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] justsomeguy@lemmy.world 102 points 2 days ago (2 children) female pilot voice [most vile stream of misogynistic insults she's ever heard followed by screeching] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago Another plane is then directed into her path permalink fedilink source parent [–] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 child) female pilot voice How male-dominated is that profession, anyway? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (1 child) Very. The quick search I did indicated that 70.7% to potentially 97% of pilots are men. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago Historically, when vision tests actually mattered, I could see that. These days most commercial flights could be piloted by practically blind people, outside of "jamming accidents" caused by the military, since the planes can see and detect everything better than any human, and we finally have the final approach lasers installed at every US airport. These days it should probably be female dominated, just because statistically speaking women are being hired more frequently than men across the entirety of the job market. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 point 1 day ago Another plane is then directed into her path permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 child) female pilot voice How male-dominated is that profession, anyway? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (1 child) Very. The quick search I did indicated that 70.7% to potentially 97% of pilots are men. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago Historically, when vision tests actually mattered, I could see that. These days most commercial flights could be piloted by practically blind people, outside of "jamming accidents" caused by the military, since the planes can see and detect everything better than any human, and we finally have the final approach lasers installed at every US airport. These days it should probably be female dominated, just because statistically speaking women are being hired more frequently than men across the entirety of the job market. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (1 child) Very. The quick search I did indicated that 70.7% to potentially 97% of pilots are men. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago Historically, when vision tests actually mattered, I could see that. These days most commercial flights could be piloted by practically blind people, outside of "jamming accidents" caused by the military, since the planes can see and detect everything better than any human, and we finally have the final approach lasers installed at every US airport. These days it should probably be female dominated, just because statistically speaking women are being hired more frequently than men across the entirety of the job market. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago Historically, when vision tests actually mattered, I could see that. These days most commercial flights could be piloted by practically blind people, outside of "jamming accidents" caused by the military, since the planes can see and detect everything better than any human, and we finally have the final approach lasers installed at every US airport. These days it should probably be female dominated, just because statistically speaking women are being hired more frequently than men across the entirety of the job market. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago Historically, when vision tests actually mattered, I could see that. These days most commercial flights could be piloted by practically blind people, outside of "jamming accidents" caused by the military, since the planes can see and detect everything better than any human, and we finally have the final approach lasers installed at every US airport. These days it should probably be female dominated, just because statistically speaking women are being hired more frequently than men across the entirety of the job market. permalink fedilink source parent