FAA Revises Staffing Policy After Controller Found ‘Incapacitated’

WASHINGTON—FAA is implementing a new controller staffing policy after a tower controller became incapacitated while working the midnight shift at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. Major airport towers no longer will be able to combine controller responsibilities to one position prior to...

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