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They did. two jumbo jets came close to a catastrophic collision over scotland, with up to 1,000 passengers on board. somehow the pilots got so confused they nearly steered their planes right into each other. >> this is very hard to explain, because it appears that two airplanes with two pilots, everything got it wrong initially. >> reporter: both 747s were about to cross the atlantic, but climbed to a cruising alternate tide, which put them on a path for converge. an air travel controller told the plane on the left to -- the plane on the right to turn right, but the pilots misinterpreted the o...

Unions should not have to be consulted or met with in this situation. the government should step in and say this is what we know to be safe and this is what we will do for the flying public. >>neil: what worries me most, rather than acknowledge we have an egregious problem on the job, rather than rally around the vast majority of air traffic controller whose do not fall asleep on the job, they try to prove understanding to those who did fall asleep on the job by taking nothing away from the pressure, physical and otherwise, are working overnight, but it is what it is, it is a job you signed up...