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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20110418:16:08:00

To correct this problem. we cannot allow controllers to fall a sleep in control towers. we are not going to stand by and let that happen. gregg: that was transportation secretary ray lahood sounding off on a string of incidents where air traffic controllers literally fell asleep on the job. in response the faa is now phasing in new rules covering rest and scheduling for air traffic controllers. doug mcelway is live from reagan national airport with more on that. doug, what are the charges? reporter: well, gregg after this 6th incident now in miami where an air controller fell asleep while on-duty the faa has basically acknowledged that he has to address this fatigue issue as it relates to scheduling. to that end they ve imposed several new rule changes. they are, nine hours now off between shifts for any one controller. in addition to that there will be no swapping of shifts so that a controller can extend his weekend a bit longer. ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20110417:17:03:00

Controllers caught sleeping on the job in just the last two months and today the government is outlining new scheduling rules. will they really make a difference, though? steve sen torrey wit centanni t in washington. major scheduling changes for the 15,000 air traffic controllers and said on fox news sunday he was angry about the recent rash of napping incidents. i have been in the job two and a half years and i don t know when i have ever been madder. i m outraged about this and i want the flying public to know we are doing everything we can 24/7 to correct the problem. here are the main points of the new rules phased in over the next few days. there have to be a minimum of nine hours of rest between schedules, between shifts for those air traffic controllers. there won t be any swapping of shifts allowed unless the nine hour rule is observed. right now, controllers often juggle schedules to get a ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20110417:16:07:00

Was angry about the recent rash of napping incidents. i ve been in this job 2 1/2 years. i don t know when i ve ever been madder. i m outraged about this. i want the flying public to know that we re doing everything we can 24/7 to correct this problem. now, here are the main points of the new rules phased in over the next few days. there will be have to be a minimum of nine hours of rest between shifts. there won t be any swapping of shifts unless that nine-hour rule is observed. right now controllers often juggle schedules to get a longer weekend. and faa managers will be available during early and late shifts. the rules were hammered out in cooperation with the air traffic controllers situation, and lahood says they should make a big difference. we want to make sure they re well rested. we want to make sure that in the workplace there s the ability for them to do their job. we re not going to be paying controllers to be napping. there have been six air ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20110417:21:07:00

On the job. steve centanni has more. from our d.c. bureau. reporter: gregg, transportation secretary ray lahood announced on fox news sunday knew rules giving air traffic controllers more time to rest between shifts and had a sharp response to a rash of controllers falling asleep on the job. i have been in the job two-and-a-half years and i m outraged about this and want the flying public to know we are doing everything we can, 24/7, to correct the problem. reporter: now, here s the main points of the new rules to be phased in over the next few days. a minimum of nine hours of rest time between shifts will be required for controllers, instead of the current 8 and there will not be any swapping of shifts unless the nine-hour rule is observed. which limits the practice of compressing shifts to get longer weekends and, faa managers will be available during early and late shifts, where they were not before. and he says the new rules should make a big difference. we want to be sure ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20110417:15:01:00

Controller s schedule and there will have to be a minimum of 9 hours of rest time between shifts, and right now, it is 8, and there will not be any swapping of shifts, unless that nine-hour rule is observed and now controllers often juggle the schedules, to get a longer weekend, and, faa managers will be available onsite. shifts, or as of right now they re apparently absent. the new rules go into effect right away, expected to be fully implemented within 72 hours. we ll have to watch and see happens. thank you so much. you bet. another fox alert about the devastating weather that s hit the south and the mideast this sunday afternoon sunday morning, and throughout yesterday afternoon. fox news now confirming that at least 22 people have been killed. that in north carolina alone after those severe storms swept through the south. dozens of tornadoes were reported along with flash flooding, leaving a trail of destruction across several ....

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