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We're going to need to land. >> landing will be at your own risk. >> reporter: it reportedly happened at least seven times at airports across the country since the start of the year because of controllers falling asleep on the job. but now, the faa and transportation secretary ray lahood are making immediate changes to the schedules for controllers. >> we will not allow controllers to sleep on the job. we simply will not. >> reporter: under the new guidelines controllers will now have a minimum of nine hours off between shifts instead of eight. they'll no longer be able to swap shifts unless t...

>> reporter: when planes come in for a landing the communication shouldn't be like this -- of a pilot trying to get in touch with an air traffic controller. >> they're not answering the phone line either. we're going to need to land. >> land at your own risk. >> it reportedly happened at least seven times across airports across the country since the start of the year because of controllers falling asleep on the job. but now the faa and transportation secretary ray lahood are making immediate changes to the schedules for controllers. >> we will not allow controllers to sleep on the swrob. we si...

Incidents have cast doubt on whether our nation's controllers are truly committed to keeping the skies safe. we want to tell you they are. we have the safest aviation system in the world, but we know we can do better." part of trying to do better, some new rules changes. details from sandra endo in washington. >> reporter: when planes come in for a landing, the communication shouldn't be like this, of a pilot trying to get in touch with an air traffic controller. >> they're not answering the phone line either. >> we're going to need to land. >> landing will be at your own risk. >> but it repor...

Changes to the schedules for controllers. >> we will not allow controllers to sleep on the job. we simply will not. >> reporter: under the new guidelines controllers will now have a minimum of nine hours off between shifts instead of eight. they'll no longer be able to swap shifts unless they get nine hours off in between. controllers will not be able to work an unscheduled midnight shift following a day off. and there will be more faa managers covering the early morning and late-night hours. the problem of fatigue has been around for years. back in 2007 the national transportation safety boar...