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McGhee Tyson Airport air traffic controller caught napping
The worker was found "intentionally sleeping" during his midnight shift on February 19, 2011. He was on duty in the radar room. (www.wbir.com) 更多...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
@W S Webb
And George Bush was awake during the month of September in 2001? Right.
And George Bush was awake during the month of September in 2001? Right.
The press and public reference is "Die Hard 2" - Sorry Bruce Willis, Total B.S. Controller falls asleep - planes fall out of the Sky. (What are these pilots really there for?)
They need to really get a grip
Hello Buz
Thank you Randy !!!! Finally someone who knows how it works. Geeze..
I can tell you what most likely happened because I've seen it before. The airspace is dead (no traffic) and there's nothing to do. TYS is called an up/down facility. That means controllers are certified both in the tower and the radar room. The guy in the tower probably selected the approach frequencies and worked the entire picture up there while the guy downstairs got to sleep. There is most likely a reciprocal agreement when the situations are reversed. This may be just between those two controllers but is probably facility wide. It's not pretty but it's not a big deal either. Pilot safety is NEVER even remotely compromised (EVER). If it gets too busy for just one, the guy upstairs wakes up the sleeper and all is well. Granted this is the height of embarrassment and the agency should be ashamed, but it ia practiced in many facilities. One last thing: The guy at DCA didn't have anyone else there. That's a big problem. But that's not what's going on at TYS. You can take that to the bank.
Does our society really accept a controller sleeping on the job for five hours while being paid to oversee a ultrahazardous activities? Why do you think they are drug tested?
I dont care about the embarrassment, I am concerned with the lives of people in the air and on the ground.
Again, I think there should be repercussions.