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Industry in america is the safest in the world. but we can do better. and we will do better. >> faa officials and air traffic controllers union are starting a nationwide tour in atlanta to talk to controllers to hear their concerns, but to also hammer home the issue of safety. sandra endo, cnn, washington. a short time ago transportation secretary ray lahood met with controllers at a regional radar facility just outside atlanta talking to them about those new rules. part after nationwide tour ...

When we come to talking about marking out the early 2012 map? >> absolutely, thomas. in fact, south carolina has decided the gop nominee going back to 1980. its a crucial state. but michele bachmann is in south carolina today meeting with south carolinas republican governor nikki haley. if palin doesnt run, if trump doesnt run, there would be this tea party void and michele bachmann would be someone who would seem prime to really move into that territory and she certainly could mix things up in ...

Themselves would not be more responsible on the job. >> were blaming the controller but here is the root of the problem. lets take the new york tray caan, the radar facility, one of the busiest in the world. theyre supposed to be staffed at 270 fully capable controllers in that facility. theyve never been able to staff that, and late last year they had 148. so what does that mean? that means that they have to manage shifts, they have to do double shifts, they have to do overtime. they have to wo...

Controller caught sleeping on the job. this time at a busy regional radar facility that handles high alisy altitude air traffir most of florida and the caribbean sea. it is forcing the f.a.a. to acknowledge that there is widespread problem with controller fatigue. and to promise different rules within 72 who ares. >> it is obvious that some action has to be taken. it is still miss serious as to what the f.a.a. is contemplating doing. i would like to say right up front, though, that had this not ...

Controller caught sleeping on the job. this time at a busy regional radar facility that handles high alisy altitude air traffir most of florida and the caribbean sea. it is forcing the f.a.a. to acknowledge that there is widespread problem with controller fatigue. and to promise different rules within 72 who ares. >> it is obvious that some action has to be taken. it is still miss serious as to what the f.a.a. is contemplating doing. i would like to say right up front, though, that had this not ...

On board was trying to land but could not reach anyone in the control tower. he was in contact with the radar facility in northern california. >> land at your own risk. a federal government source confirms that the pilot tried to reach the controller seven times before landing safely on his own. transportation secretary ray la hood says that incidents of controllers falling asleep on the job, inexcusable.

Yesterday during a potentially life and death situation. the pilot of a medical flight ferrying a sick patient was trying to land, you can hear the frustration in this pilots voice when he cant reach anyone in the tower. workers at a local radar facility in northern california had to try to help him out. >> cheyenne lifeguard zero tango november. no luck on ground, clearance or tower. weve got a pretty sick patient. we may just have to land if we have clearance or not. zero tango november. theyr...

The concern for many in washington is reagan national sits really just a birds fly away or as the crow flies, a mile away frchl the pentagon, the white house, capitol hill all right there within view of reagan national airport. which is why so many people find it hard to believe despite little traffic overnight the tower was staffed with a single controller. we now know the lone controlener the tower at washingtons reagan national airport early wednesday morning was indeed asleep as two commerci...

Controller and the ntsb will be investigating as well as the faa. what the controller did at the radar facility was located in a remote location that controls all the traffic in the washington, d.c. area, until it lined up another runway and they go over to the tower frequency is this is controller there, just as we heard, instructed him to land at a different or uncontrolled airport and i would point out, u.s. airlines operate in one or two uncontrolled airports routinely. heather: lets be more...

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