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Room, they are at 52% of their staffing of fully certified controllers of that 52% 40 are eligible to retire. if they it retire because they are sick of coming to work and not getting a paycheck and want to grow drive uber or to wait tables to put food on the table, we won't be able to run the volume of traffic we do in new york, which will be cascading delays throughout the entire system. this is a deep concern. the government needs open now. the votes tomorrow are very important. give us the february 8th. we're not being greedy. open it up get these people back to work. get them paid. >> wha...
Just once but twice on the job this year. we've heard recommendations from sleep experts, the controllers union, and the faa, the federal aviation administration. we haven't really heard from an air traffic controller until now. i want to welcome dean, an are air traffic control specialist and guides flights heading into and out of the new york metropolitan area. dean, good to have you on. >> thank you. >> i want to begin with, have you ever worked over nights? >> yes, i have worked midnight shifts many times. >> okay. help us understand what it's like inside the tower. let's say it's 2:00 in ...
Operational duties pending an investigation. faa policy prohibits the use of portable dvd players and other devices from being used on the floor of the radar room. this of course the latest incident involving air traffic controllers. on five different occasions they were found napping on the job, including sunday morning around the time this movie incident was taking place, gregg. greg: i think you mentioned the guys been suspended probably pending a hearing, investigation, you have to give them due process. what is the faa doing about this generally? >> reporter: well controllers have been su...