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Jan 16, 08, 6:32 am
http://www.sj-r.com/News/stories/23600.asp
Springfield air-traffic controllers contend they’re overworked because of understaffing and mismanagement, an assertion denied by the Federal Aviation Administration, which has been locked in a labor dispute with the controllers’ union for more than a year.
The situation is so dire, the union says, that a controller who was guiding a private plane that crashed southwest of Springfield Dec. 20, killing all three aboard, has put himself on leave because of emotional problems.
Springfield air-traffic controllers contend they’re overworked because of understaffing and mismanagement, an assertion denied by the Federal Aviation Administration, which has been locked in a labor dispute with the controllers’ union for more than a year.
The situation is so dire, the union says, that a controller who was guiding a private plane that crashed southwest of Springfield Dec. 20, killing all three aboard, has put himself on leave because of emotional problems.