Fourth ATC Sleeping Incident At Reno

By Darren Shannon .

A fourth incident involving an unresponsive, on-duty air traffic controller in as many weeks has prompted U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to revise staffing on the midnight shift at 27 control towers across the country.

Under standing FAA policy, these towers employed a single controller during the late night shift. However, a series of high-profile incidents in the past weeks involving ...

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