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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 07:48 PM Original message |
Another sleepyhead Air Traffic Controller |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. I saw another story saying their rests are eight hours, and that one of the most popular schedules |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. '"overworked Air Traffic Controller" might be a better description.' |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yep, people would rather read stories about people they can blame, rather than about broken systems |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. You got it. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. As evidenced by all the "I'VE worked a 12-hour shift and *I* didn't fall asleep" comments. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. brutal on the body |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Shit falls down. nt |
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Ed Suspicious (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. What kind of sadistic A-hole |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. If we had regulations in this country, that would be illegal. nt |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That is the regulation. |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Scientific research into sleep shows that such changes in the sleep cycle impair functionality. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Rules in the transportation industry make alternate work shifts commonplace. |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Several times I have traveled by train to avoid driving alone. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 07:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Mr. Brickbat works on freight trains. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. I remember just a few years ago |
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eqfan592 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. yes. nt |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 11:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. If the computers that ATC uses (of whatever vintage) do NOT use MS Windows, that is a plus. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Well whatever |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I programmed computers for twenty years. |
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DefenseLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Again, you know a lot more than I |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 01:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. You are correct.. Memory capacity and processor speed would be problematic. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-17-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Good points. |
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