Opinion: Why Air Traffic Controllers Need Shorter Weekends
Credit: Joe Pries Aviation
Media reports made sleeping controllers seem like an all-too-frequent occurrence in 2011. In one widely reported instance, two airplanes landed at Washington Reagan International Airport without the requisite clearance after the controller on duty fell asleep. In another, a California-based regional...
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