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May 24, 2011

Air Traffic Control Safety Oversight

Air transportation officials and a sleep expert testified on the recent incidents of controllers sleeping during overnight shifts.

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Jerome "Randy" Randolph Babbitt Administrator Federal Aviation Administration
Greg Belenky M.D. Director Washington State University->Sleep and Performance Research Center

Maria Cantwell U.S. Senator (Class 1) [D] Washington
Kay Bailey Hutchison U.S. Senator [R] Texas
Amy Klobuchar U.S. Senator (Class 1) [D] Minnesota
Frank R. Lautenberg U.S. Senator [D] New Jersey
Bill Nelson U.S. Senator (Class 1) [D] Florida
Paul Rinaldi President National Air Traffic Controllers Association
Jay Rockefeller IV U.S. Senator [D] West Virginia
Calvin Scovel Inspector General Department of Transportation
John Thune U.S. Senator (Class 3) [R] South Dakota
Mark R. Warner U.S. Senator (Class 2) [D] Virginia

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Senate Commerce, Science,and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security

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Program ID:: 299669-1
Category:: Senate Committee
Format:: Senate Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: May 24, 2011 | 2:33pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Last Aired:: May 29, 2011 | 5:17am EDT | C-SPAN 1

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May 24, 2011 | 2:33pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
May 24, 2011 | 11:05pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
May 26, 2011 | 3:54am EDT | C-SPAN 1
May 27, 2011 | 7:05am EDT | C-SPAN 3
May 27, 2011 | 12:18pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
May 29, 2011 | 5:17am EDT | C-SPAN 1

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