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The FAA wants video gamers to be the next generation of air traffic controllers (www.cnn.com)

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[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Under 31, retire by 56 is specifically due to the pension requirements. It's to make sure anyone who is hired is eligible for it when they have to retire. It requires 25 years of service.

I haven't seen anything specifically denoting why you have to retire by age 56 but it's implied that it's just because younger people tend to have faster reaction times and are better at multitasking, etc.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I remember seeing an article years ago around 2000-2002 era. They claimed that the 56 retirement age was because of heart attacks and other stress/age related medical issues. Basically you don't want Lesley Neilson having a heart attack while quipping jokes at you over the air.