FAA gives tired controllers an extra hour to rest
AP - Monday, April 18, 2011 2:19:00 AM EDT
Air traffic controllers will get an extra hour off between shifts so they don't doze off at work, but officials have rejected another proposed remedy: on-the-job napping.
"On my watch, controllers will not be paid to take naps. We're not going to allow that," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Sunday.
That's exactly the opposite of what scientists and the Federal Aviation Administration's own fatigue working group said was needed.