The three Socal airports had been using only one air traffic controller in the off hours, but now the FAA is bringing on an additional controller at those airports, as well as 24 others around the country. The moves follow an embarrassing lapse at Reagan National Airport last month in which two passenger jets landed without guidance after the controller fell asleep while on an overnight shift. Earlier today, a controller at Reno-Tahoe International Airport was allegedly asleep while a medical flight carrying an ill patient was approaching. The flight landed safely. And at Boeing Field in Seattle, a controller has been suspended for falling asleep during his morning shift earlier this week. "I am totally outraged by these incidents," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in the statement. "This is absolutely unacceptable. The American public trusts us to run a safe system."
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