FAA official resigns after news of sleeping traffic controllers

Friday, April 15, 2011

WASHINGTON -- The official who oversees the nation's air traffic system resigned Thursday and the Federal Aviation Administration began a "top to bottom" review of the entire system following disclosures of four instances of air traffic controllers sleeping on the job.

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