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Monday, April 18, 2011

Airline Controllers To Get Extra Time Off

Extra time off, but no naps. That's the administration's answer to the problem of sleeping air traffic controllers. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says controllers working the overnight shift will get an extra hour off between shifts so they don't doze off at work. But he rejected the idea of allowing controllers to take naps during breaks during their shifts. The FAA's fatigue working group recommended naps. Several other nations already allow them. The new policy follows several highly publicized cases of planes circling while controllers dozed.
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2 comments:

  1. StokerApril 18, 2011 at 11:03 PM

    Nights were made for sleeping. Days are made for working and whatever else. From infancy on we are taught to sleep at night. Fatigue cannot be avoided unless you are cranked up on stmulants, whether legal or illegal. With most activities scheduled during daylight hours, it is hard for the human body to adjust to night works, especially as we age.

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  2. AnonymousApril 19, 2011 at 1:15 AM

    naps are the way to go. figures the admin would go the opposite way.

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