20 Days Off for Napping
<i> Associated Press</i>
PALM BEACH, Fla. —
An air traffic controller who fell asleep on the job, forcing a jetliner to land without guidance, has been suspended without pay for 20 days. Rodney Tatum’s suspension, ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration, is set to begin Aug. 26. A spokesman for the National Air Traffic Controllers Assn. said an appeal is likely.
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