« on: February 24, 2012, 11:05:04 PM »
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/24/air-traffic-controllers-c_n_1299266.html?1330102925&icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-main-bb%7Cdl6%7Csec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D138270 It looks like guiding planes isn't keeping the air traffic controllers at New York's Westchester County Airport busy enough. Footage obtained by Fox 5 New York shows them sleeping, reading and texting in the tower.
"For many months the Westchester County Airport control tower has also doubled as a controllers' break room. And, sometimes it's hard to tell when the work ends and playtime, or even nap time, begins," said newscaster Dari Alexander:
A concerned, anonymous air traffic controller came forward to FOX with footage documenting other employees distracted on the job. The mix of photos shows approximately 10 controllers napping, reading or using their cell phones and laptops.
In a statement to Fox 5, the FAA said that because of a broken elevator and the eight-flight walk to the break room, employees have been allowed to use the back portion of the tower for their down time. They have also been allowed to temporarily use texting and email devices while on break. Still, the video seems to show controllers using electronics and sleeping on the job.
Nice fair & balanced report there.
stay safe.
If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege.
Hey you kids!! Get off my lawn!!!
They keep making this eternal vigilance thing harder and harder. Protecting the 2nd amendment is like playing PACMAN - there's no pause button so you can go to the bathroom.
