FAA, ATC agree to guidance
07-01-2011 | 12:29 PM
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FAA, ATC agree to guidance
FAA, air traffic controllers agree to new guidance on fatigue – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs
The FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association have announced agreement on new fatigue recommendations after numerous incidents involving air traffic controllers sleeping on the job.
Air traffic controllers will now be allowed to listen to the radio and read appropriate printed material while on duty from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. as traffic permits. In addition, the agreement says that air traffic controllers can now request to take a leave if they are too fatigued to work.
The FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association have announced agreement on new fatigue recommendations after numerous incidents involving air traffic controllers sleeping on the job.
Air traffic controllers will now be allowed to listen to the radio and read appropriate printed material while on duty from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. as traffic permits. In addition, the agreement says that air traffic controllers can now request to take a leave if they are too fatigued to work.
07-01-2011 | 06:11 PM
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... meanwhile a 23 year old captain and a 19 year old fo are on duty hour 15 running straight into a line of embedded storms that their overworked dispatcher filed them directly into ..
but hey, glad the controllers are getting some better rules, good for them.
but hey, glad the controllers are getting some better rules, good for them.
07-01-2011 | 06:18 PM
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07-01-2011 | 10:06 PM
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