Another sleeping controller
04-14-2011, 06:19 AM
#4
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Having somebody stand an 8 hour watch, with no provision for basic biological needs, after one evening shift, then the aforementioned 3 day shifts, followed by the midnight (graveyard) shift is DUMB.
There needs to be a relief controller.
Also, this agency has been combining up approach functions, and Reno is a good example. They took the approach control folks out of the tower and sent them to Sacramento to "save money". They could have had a 3 person midshift that had one operating radar, one at the tower, and one on break at all times, alternating.
There needs to be a relief controller.
Also, this agency has been combining up approach functions, and Reno is a good example. They took the approach control folks out of the tower and sent them to Sacramento to "save money". They could have had a 3 person midshift that had one operating radar, one at the tower, and one on break at all times, alternating.
04-14-2011, 07:49 AM
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04-14-2011, 08:15 AM
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This is just another media hype.
04-14-2011, 10:13 AM
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I'm skeptical that Hank the Crank didn't already have something else lined up, or that he had planned to move on anyway.
This just makes him a convenient scapegoat. "Look, world, the agency did something BEFORE somebody got killed !"
But, two decades of working for the agency makes me a bit jaded.
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