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And why are all these things mapping at the same time. >> chris, i have been on this job as i said two and a half years. in the two and a half years these are the first instances that i have heard about it. i have always said safety is our number one priority, that we work 24/7 to make sure trains, be planes, automobiles, motor coaches, all forms of transportation are safe and that is the reason i'm really ticked off about the controllers sleeping. i'm really plaid about it. >> are you feeling under the gun? >> no, i'm mad about it. i fly merkley all the time. i -- i fly commercially all the t...

Travelers flying the friendly skies, supposedly. there are a slew of new changes to tell you about today, and these changes are all in an effort to crack down on controllers falling asleep on the job. the faa and transportation secretary ray lahood are making immediate changes to the schedules for air traffic controllers to combat fatigue. now, under these new guidelines announced today, controllers will now have a minimum of nine hours off between shifts instead of eight. they will no longer be able to swap shifts unless they have nine hours off in between, and controllers will not be able to...

Are hearing about it? and why are all these things mapping at the same time. >> chris, i have been on this job as i said two and a half years. in the two and a half years these are the first instances that i have heard about it. i have always said safety is our number one priority, that we work 24/7 to make sure trains, be planes, automobiles, motor coaches, all forms of transportation are safe and that is the reason i'm really ticked off about the controllers sleeping. i'm really plaid about it. >> are you feeling under the gun? >> no, i'm mad about it. i fly merkley all the time. i -- i fly ...

The controller slept. on thursday, the man who ran the faa's air traffic control operations, hank krakowski, lost his job. >> what happened in these control towers with controllers sleeping is outrageous, it he's the kind of behavior that we will not tolerate. >> reporter: the faa has since ordered at least two controllers in every tower that's open for business overnight. but for the flying public it's been three weeks of unsettling news about aviation safety. from the sleeping controllers to the 737 that landed with the hole in its roof, to the airbus a-380 that clipped and tossed aside a re...

Whatever reason took the second person out and then the next day, the person left behind falls asleep. so now the guy who runs that particular division at the f.a.a. resigned. here's transportation secretary ray lahood. >> what happened in these control towers with controllers sleeping is outrageous. it's the kind of behavior that we will not tolerate. we're doing a top to bottom review and we will not rest until these control towers are as safe as they possibly can be. >> have to say the word rest? >> no, earlier he said we will not sleep, we will not sleep until this is solved. good! glad yo...