I mean, most of those applicants must feel they are at least highly interested in a high paying job that they ARE interested in doing.. Treat it like a trade school, maybe some of them actually might work out in the end and end up going from mom's basement to working a steady job with real good pay, in any state they want. Good luck out there? lol BTW: there are two positions for ATC. 1. radar where you sit and direct traffic of lil blips, keeping them separated at all times no matter what speed, direction and altitude each one is going, the moment they enter your airspace till the moment they leave OR if they are to land on your air strips, you hand them off to the other ATC position. The Tower: you are eyes on controller, you deal with all the aircraft arriving and departing and sitting on your airstrip(s), the ones you can visually see from a top your tower. It is a LOT of constant communication between each position and any aircraft in your airspace AND any vehicle or other goings on, on the ground working on the airstrips.