New regulations intended to keep air traffic controllers from dozing off on duty have been violated nearly 4,000 times, according to internal Federal Aviation Administration documents. After a controller fell asleep last year in the tower at Reagan National Airport, it emerged that such lapses were commonplace at airports across the country, and the FAA said it would act to curb the problem. There have been repeated violations of a requirement that controllers have at least nine hours off between shifts. Last year instructed the FAA to work with the union on rules to ensure that the controllers who manage 24,000-27,000 commercial flights a day to arrive at work well rested.
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Native English-speaking air traffic controllers need to speak more clearly and more slowly and to be patient with pilots who do not immediately understand their instructions, according to U.S. air carrier pilots who offered their observations as part of a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration study. 48 pilots were asked about this issue, and 21% said that communicatgions were “not good enough for extreme conditions”. The failing to develop a common ground of understanding is a continuing risk to flight safety.
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