No happy ending for slacking air traffic controller

http://www.nma.tv/ Michelle Obama's plane came too close to a military aircraft while it was trying to land at Andrews Air Force Base. Officials say it was a tower error. Air traffic controllers have come under scrutiny. A man in the tower in Cleveland was caught watching a Samuel L. Jackson movie, though it wasn't 'Snakes on a Plane.' What's worse, there is a plague of air traffic controllers sleeping on the job. One nighttime controller snoozed through two landings. The FAA is extending the downtime in between controllers' shifts by only by one hour, and still forbid them to take naps during their breaks. Controllers' rights are a sore spot. Ronald Reagan fired controllers in 1981 when they went on strike. Perhaps America should outsource its tower operations to China, where workers are used to working long hours with little rest. 蜜雪兒歐巴馬的飛機日前差點撞上一架軍機。當時它正準備降落在安德魯空軍基地，當局說是塔台疏失，空中交通管理員遭檢視一名在克里夫蘭塔台的員工被抓包。當時正在看山繆傑克遜的電影，雖然不是「飛機上有蛇」。更糟的是，近來不少空管員是老鼠屎在值勤時睡著。一名夜間管員在兩架飛機將降落時沉睡。美國聯邦航空總署將空管員調班時間往後延一小時，卻仍禁止他們在休息時間小睡片刻。 空管員的權利是個敏感議題。雷根總統在1981年曾因空管員罷工而將之撤職，或許美國應將其塔台操作外包到中國一個人人都超時工作的地方。