Question of the Week: Government Overreaction?

Editorial Staff

Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

The article addresses the serious issue of air traffic controller errors, including instances of sleeping on duty and other lapses in judgment.
It prompts readers to consider whether these incidents signify a serious underlying problem within air traffic control or if the government's strong response constitutes an overreaction to isolated occurrences.
The core purpose of the article is to solicit public opinion on this contentious issue via an embedded poll.

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Last week we took a whimsical approach to the whole sleep-on-duty issue, but we’re dead serious this week. Is there a serious problem in the towers and the TRACONs, or is the government response to the latest round of errors ridiculous?

Is the government overreacting to isolated controller errors, or is there a serious problem to address?
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