Getting your player ready...
The Federal Aviation Administration announced steps Friday to help prevent air-traffic controllers from falling asleep on the job, including allowing controllers to use sick or annual leave time if they are too tired to work.
Controllers also will be allowed to listen to the radio and read to help stay alert during overnight shifts when traffic is light under an agreement between the FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
The policy changes don’t include allowing controllers to take naps while on break or to schedule naps during overnight shifts. Controllers now caught napping, even when on break, can be fired.
Denver Post staff and wire reports
