While the agreement enforces some existing FAA policies on sleep, controllers are now able to listen to the radio and read appropriate printed materials while on duty between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., as traffic permits. Controllers may also request a leave of absence if they feel they are too fatigued to work. Other changes include ensuring a minimum of nine hours off between shifts.
According to aviation authorities, a “Fatigue Risk Management System” should be in place by next January. The latest string of policy changes have been a result of concerns from several controllers falling asleep on the job. In April, a controller at Boeing Field in Seattle was fired after falling asleep twice on duty, as were employees in Knoxville and Miami.
“The American public must have confidence that our nation's air traffic controllers are rested and ready to work,” said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. “We have the safest air transportation system in the world, but we needed to make changes and we are doing that.”
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