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Controllers can get a long weekend and work five shifts in four days and then get 3-4 days off. question, why didn't you tell the controllers a long time ago, those schedules are nuts and they are not safe. >> we thought controllers were getting the rest they needed, chris, and it was obvious from the interviews we have done, with controllers that have now been suspended because they fell asleep, some of them during their rest periods may have been doing other things, rather than resting and we want to extend the rest period and eliminate the opportunity for them to switch things out when they...

All of this as i understand it so the controllers can get a long weekend. they work five shifts in four days and then get three or four days off. question, why didn't you tell the controllers a long time ago those schedules are nuts and they are not safe? >> because we thought controllers really were getting that rest that they needed chris and it was obvious from the interviews that we have done with controllers that have been now suspended because they fell asleep that some of them during their rest period may have been doing other things rather than resting and so we want extend the rest pe...