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Air traffic controllers main job is to prevent planes from hitting each other. yes. that is giving them turns, giving them climbs and descents to miss other planes. they need to be focussed on doing that job 100% of the time. they shouldn t be driving for uber before their shift. they shouldn t be waiting tables. they should be getting rested. fatigue matters, the stress matters. joining our discussion now, captain sully sullenberger, the pilot of u.s. air flight 1549 that landed on the hudson river safely. he s also an aviation safety expert. captain sullenberger, i know you are a reluctant public commenter and it takes a lot to get you moving, you tweeted last week the day before donald trump ended the shut down, we had those aviation experts on thursday night, and i have to say when i left that show, after hearing trish gilbert talk about ....
that is giving them turns, giving them climbs and descents to miss other planes. they need to be focussed on doing that job 100% of the time. they shouldn t be driving for uber before their shift. they shouldn t be waiting tables. they should be getting rested. fatigue matters, the stress matters. joining our discussion now, captain sully sullenberger, the pilot of u.s. air flight 1549 that landed on the hudson river safely. he s also an aviation safety expert. captain sullenberger, i know you are a reluctant public commenter and it takes a lot to get you moving, you tweeted last week the day before donald trump ended the shut down, we had those aviation experts on thursday night, and i have to say when i left that show, after hearing trish gilbert talk about air traffic controllers trying to prevent the planes from hitting each other. yes. and others, i thought, how many more nights of this can president trump watch? how many more can to get right ....
The air traffic controllers when we miraculously took off on time and landed early. and there wasn t much attention then to what was going on in air traffic. i was very concerned about it. where are we now and what is it like trying to for air traffic controllers trying to do their full work shifts, concentrate on that air traffic while they re worrying about how they pay the rent? so you know, we re 34 days in, much too long already. it s unreasonable and it s reckless. air traffic controllers main job is to prevent planes from hitting each other. yes. that is giving them turns, giving them climbs and descents to miss other planes. they need to be focused on doing that job 100% of the time. they shouldn t be driving for uber before their shift. they shouldn t be waiting tables. they should be getting rested. fatigue matters. the stress matters. they re not sleeping at night now because they re worried about not just the paycheck they ve missed and the next one they re going t ....
And landed early. and there wasn t much attention then to what was going on in air traffic. i was very concerned about it. where are we now and what is it like trying to for air traffic controllers trying to do their full work shifts, concentrate on that air traffic while they re worrying about how they pay the rent? so you know, we re 34 days in, much too long already. it s unreasonable and it s reckless. air traffic controllers main job is to prevent planes from hitting each other. yes. that is giving them turns, giving them climbs and descents to miss other planes. they need to be focused on doing that job 100% of the time. they shouldn t be driving for uber before their shift. they shouldn t be waiting tables. they should be getting rested. fatigue matters. the stress matters. they re not sleeping at night now because they re worried about not just the paycheck they ve missed and the next one they re going to miss tomorrow but how long is this going to go on. are they goin ....