Another air controller fired for sleeping on job
WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration says a third air traffic controller has been fired for napping on the job.
An email from the agency says the controller assigned to Boeing Field in Seattle was fired Monday for sleeping on duty on April 11 and Jan. 6.
FAA fires 2 controllers for sleeping on job
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The FAA has been beset recently with a series of incidents involving air controllers. Since March, five incidents of sleeping on the job have surfaced, along with one of an air controller watching a DVD movie while on the overnight shift and an aborted landing of a plane with first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of the vice president, on board.
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