April 11tha Controller News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Cases, march 29th the faa suspended two controllers in lubbock for failing to answer radio calls from other controllers about air traffic. and april 11th a controller at boeing field in washington state suspended for sleeping on the job. >> the system is built on layers of redid you understand see of safety. when one falls down, such as somebody nodding off on the midnight shift, we have to see why this is happening. >> controllers have long argued the faa should never staff towers with lone controllers overnight. now the faa has acted. as of last night, every faa tower in america open overnig...

Knoxville controller willfully slept while five planes landed without his help. we learned of another two cases. march 29th the faa suspended two controllers in lubbock for failing to answer radio calls from other controllers about air traffic. april 11th a controller at boeing field in washington state suspended for sleeping on the job. >> nobody likes to work the late shift or overnight shift, but what's going on here? why are so many of these guys falling asleep? >> because we have sloppy management and sloppy employees. people work at night. i've worked graveyard shifts. it's what you do. ...