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Billion out of the faa budget over four years. what will that cut do to the capacity to bring in the additional controllers that we need? mary, is this going to have a real many pact? >> yes, it is going to have a real impact. its not going to show up this year because were already foraging ahead into the budget. its going to do two bad things. its going to hurt our buildout of the next gen air traffic control system. that system we must have. its not going to be finished as it is until 2020. it...

Under new rules put in place by the faa air traffic controllers are now guaranteed an extra hour off between shifts. is that enough? our next guest has been both a pilot and a controller and knows firsthand what goes on in the tower and cockpit. help says the new rule by the faa is the stupidist thing hes ever heard. rob mark joins us from chicago. explain why. >> well, the problem with the way the schedules rotate. they are very fatigue inducing. one extra hour is not going to make any differen...

The overnight shift. the faa now says controllers need an extra hour off between shifts. and the problems arent limited to sleeping. the faa spended a controller in cleveland for watching a movie on the job. and an air force plane carrying michelle obama was allowed to get too close to a cargo plane in maryland. the faa now wants a supervisor standing behind the controller handling all flights involving the first lady or the vice president. cnns jeanne meserve has more on how the faa is addressi...

In knoxville, tennessee for sleeping on the job, and one in miami, florida for not routing a 737 jet correctly. the faa says, no both were fired for sleeping on the job. here is what secretary lahood said about that incident in knoxville on february 19th. >> a controller actually made a bed in the control tower, brought a pillow, brought phrapbgts, hes been fired. we are not going to sit by and let that kind of behavior take place in control towers. >> reporter: the faa has said that the civilia...

The minimum before to nine, but still, thats a difference. also, they can no longer put in an unscheduled midnight shift after a day off. not the end of the 2-2-1 but still some kind of change. the controllers un yor agreed to implement the changes right away after meeting with the faa. president obamainging he is getting ready to speak live in nevada. he mainly wants to talk about the plan to cut the deficit. dan samen in reno at a renewable energy company. hello to you. set the scene for eve...

After a mishap involving the first ladys plane. peter doocy is live in d.c. to explain the new rules. good morning. >> good morning, gretchen and if youre keeping score at home, five air traffic controllers have been caught sleeping on the job now. and two of them have been fired in miami and in knoxville, tennessee, but one of the counterparts actually stayed awake and made a big mistake and got away with it. the air traffic controller let the first ladys plane get way too close to a cargo plan...

Faa fired two air traffic controllers for sleeping on the job. one of them worked in miami, the other was in knoxville, tennessee. other case of sleeping controls are have been reported in washington, seattle, reno, nevada, with two suspected cases in lubbock, texas, as well. all cases happened in the overnight shift at local control towers. faa enacted new rules. as jeanne meserve reports an old program is about to be revived that may help controller dozen a better job. >> reporter: countless t...

D.c. area and at their destinations where possible. by the way, the controller who made this dangerous mistake with the first ladys flight apparently will not be punished. thats according to "the new york post" but now the boss is going to be in the tower and on hand any time she or the vice president or the president or his wife are flying by. back to you. >> all right. very interesting. so theyll have a little extra help while theyre bringing in those flights. thanks, peter. now to the rest of...

Mortars landing everywhere and houses, not only on tripoli street where the heavy fighting is but attack, mortars, rockets, landing everywhere, the site of some of the most brutal and intense fighting weve seen in all of libya, shannon. shannon: absolutely volatile at this point. conor powell, thank you very much. fired for sleeping on a very important job. two air traffic controllers, getting the axe, following a series of embarrassing and dangerous incidents. both caught sleeping in the cont...

>>guest: i could not agree with you more. but, again, you have to look into causes of this, the doctor that you talk about who works three shifts in a row you cannot expect him not to fall asleep occasionally or nod on the job. the other thing with the controller, when you are a single operator in the cab, they have, say, from midnight, they start at midnight and work the ground control, the tower, and the clearance delivery all one person doing this. and about 3:00 in the morning, when there is...