Saturday, April 23, 2011

Man, we used to do this in K-Bay all the time - "FAA Suspends Controller For Watching Movie."

Apparently, I was not the most stringent of Facility Watch Officers. [But then again, we had what could only be described as ridiculously low traffic. Also, great Tower and Radar Supervisors.]

FAA Suspends Controller For Watching Movie - Travel News Story - KERO Bakersfield:
"An air traffic controller has been suspended for watching a movie when he was supposed to be monitoring aircraft, deepening the Federal Aviation Administration's embarrassment following at least five cases of controllers sleeping on the job.

In the latest incident, the controller was watching a movie on a DVD player early Sunday morning while on duty at a regional radar center in Oberlin, Ohio, near Cleveland that handles high-altitude air traffic, the FAA said in a statement Monday..."

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