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Air Controllers to Get More Rest Between Shifts
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government has come out with new scheduling rules to give air traffic controllers more time to rest between shifts.

The Federal Aviation Administration has acknowledged there's a widespread problem with tired controllers.

In recent weeks there have been several instances of controllers who have dozed off while on duty.

New rules include that controllers get at least nine hours off between shifts, compared with eight now.

The problem of tired controllers was raised by the National Transportation Safety Board after a 2006 deadly crash in Kentucky.

The board also cited other incidences, including a controller who ordered a passenger jet to take off directly into the path of another jet at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in 2006.

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