Air Traffic Controller

Air Traffic Controller Fails Random Drinking Test On The Job

AP | By DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 09.18.2011

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DENVER -- The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether an air traffic controller on duty in Colorado had more alcohol in his system th...

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FAA: Controller's Error Nearly Caused Plane Crash At O'Hare

AP | Posted 07.19.2011

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CHICAGO -- The Federal Aviation Administration says an error by an air traffic controller caused a close call this week between two planes operating a...

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Air Traffic Controllers: The Canary in the Coal Mine?

Joan Williams | Posted 07.13.2011

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Joan Williams

The best way to solve the airport slumber-party problem may not be to schedule two controllers on overnight shifts. A cheaper alternative is to redesign schedules so controllers can get enough sleep.

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FAA Announces New Rules For Air Traffic Controllers After Another Falls Asleep

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 06.17.2011

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WASHINGTON — The government said Sunday it is giving air traffic controllers an extra hour off between shifts so they don't doze off at work, a ...

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Study: 30-50 Percent Of Night-Shift Workers Fall Asleep On The Job

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 11.17.2011

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WASHINGTON — Reports of sleeping air traffic controllers highlight a long-known and often ignored hazard: Workers on night shifts can have troub...

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Air Traffic Controllers Take Unsanctioned Naps To Combat Fatigue

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 06.16.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration changed air traffic control work schedules Saturday, acknowledging it has a widespread problem ...

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Southwest Airplane Good Samaritan or Good Grief?

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.30.2011

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Christine Negroni

The air traffic control profession just can't get a break. Nevertheless, sending a passenger plane to play fighter jet is wrong in all sorts of ways.

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FAA Suspends Another Air Traffic Controller

AOL Travel News | Posted 05.30.2011

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turtlemom4bacon, flickr An air traffic control supervisor has been suspended for the second time in one week -- this time for actions that caused a c...

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Randy Babbitt, FAA Chief, Orders New Procedures For Air Traffic Controllers

AP | By JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joan Lowy, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The nation's top aviation official says he's ordered new procedures for controllers to prevent a repeat of ...

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Can't Afford College? Ten High-Paying Jobs That Don't Require A Degree

walletpop.com | Jennifer B. Larson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Payscale.com has a list of well-paying jobs you can skip college for, based on statistics based on compiled by and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but...

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JFK Air Traffic Controller Glenn Duffy's Kids Blaming Themselves For Dad's Suspension

nydailynews.com | Michael J. Feeney and Rich Schapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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An air traffic controller's stunt in letting his 9-year-old twins direct planes has landed with a thud - on the kids. Glenn Duffy's twins, a brother ...

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Boehner Admits Letting Eight-Year-Old Son Shape GOP Healthcare Plan

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a bombshell that could dramatically impact the raging debate over health care, House Minority Leader John Boehner admitted that he had allowed his son to shape the Republican health care plan.

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Controller Didn't Warn Plane In Husdon Collision

AP | VICTOR EPSTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEWARK, N.J. — An air traffic controller should have warned the pilot of a small plane about aircraft in its path before it collided with a sigh...

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Hudson Crash NTSB Report Wrong: Air Controllers

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Federal safety officials investigating a midair collision over the Hudson River changed their account of the accident on a key poin...

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Controller Bantered About Dead Cat Before Hudson Plane Crash, Neglected Duties

AP | JOAN LOWY and DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press Writers | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The air traffic controller handling the small plane involved in a deadly crash with a helicopter over the Hudson River was chatting on t...

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UPDATE: Air Traffic Controller Failed To Warn Plane That Helicopter Was In Its Path

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) - An air traffic controller making a personal phone call initially failed to warn a small plane of other aircraft in its path and then...

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