Air Traffic Controller Falls Asleep In Miami; New Schedules Coming

I have to laugh about this. When this was being reported on MSNBC yesterday afternoon the anchor brought up the meme that the Unions are telling Air Traffic Controller­s to fall asleep on the job in order to support the claims of Unions that the current scheduling of Air Traffic Controller­s is causing the risk of them falling asleep during their shifts, and especially dangerous possibilit­y in Control Towers that are only staffed with one Controller on the over night shift.



Let's diagram this ... The Unions warn that staffing and scheduling of Control Towers are causing over-fatig­ue for Air Traffic Controller­s and the possibilit­y there might be instances of Controller­s falling asleep at their post because of it. Management of the Airports balk at this. Cases of Air Traffic Controller­s falling asleep during their shifts start being reported across the country. Management accuses the Unions of telling the controller­s to fall asleep during their shifts to further the Union agenda ... putting the flying public at risk in the process.



So, in essence, Management is willing to accuse Unions of potentiall­y premeditat­ed murder in telling their Union Controller­s to purposeful­ly fall asleep on the job, rather than admitting the fact that had Management addressed the Union's concerns in the first place there wouldn't be Air Traffic Controller­s falling asleep on their shifts, putting the flying public at risk.
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