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FAA will require more rest for air traffic controllers
"There are 1,000 fewer certified air traffic controllers working today than a decade ago, according to NATCA. As a result, many air traffic facilities are short-staffed, union president Rich Santa told a Senate subcommittee in November. Mandatory overtime — including six-day workweeks and 10-hour shifts — are routine, he said." (www.npr.org) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Natca loved the quick turns , 2,2,1 (2 knights , 2 days and a mid )scheds, 2,1,2 @nights a 1to 9 and 2 days ). I guess its time to go back to 7 week rotating shifts . Week of days week of nights week of days week of nights week of days week of mids ........
What's got to happen, either hire more ATC personnel or start closing airports for so many hours a day. Which one makes more sense.
"What should happen"...
Hire the person, and I could care less what color, sex, binary, gender, race, political persuasion or whatever it thinks it is.... I could care less to be honest...who has the mental aptitude, personality, intelligence and fortitude for the job! Let's "start there"? But no "a certain % WILL be minority" ... regardless on qualifications, intelligence and every attribute! Which makes more sense!
Hire the person, and I could care less what color, sex, binary, gender, race, political persuasion or whatever it thinks it is.... I could care less to be honest...who has the mental aptitude, personality, intelligence and fortitude for the job! Let's "start there"? But no "a certain % WILL be minority" ... regardless on qualifications, intelligence and every attribute! Which makes more sense!
Of course new staff must meet a certain qualification and mental attitude level, you're not gonna put a crackhead in an ATC position, are you.
While requiring additional rest between shifts may seem like a good idea on the surface, the real problem is a lack of qualified controllers. The lack of staffing requires that controllers work more overtime. It very easy to mandate additional rest without thinking about the consequences. Using the same number of controllers and requiring additional rest will require one of two things. Either controllers will end up working more overtime, or there won't be adequate staffing to keep airport open 24/7. This reminds of a Deputy Secretary of Energy a few years ago that decided there were too many accidents involving ladders. He immediately proposed getting rid of all ladders which would have created way more safety problems that it would have solved.
Gee how about ending the diversity hire policy and enacting a new hiring policy based on actual qualifications?