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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is issuing new rules and advice to address reports of tiredness among air traffic controllers. To reduce the danger of exhaustion and overwork, the controllers will be required to take 12 hours off before midnight shifts and 10 hours off between shifts in general, FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker said in…

After recently visiting Boeing’s facilities, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Whitaker said he found there are issues with the company’s safety culture but expects the aviation giant will get its act together. “There are issues around the safety culture in Boeing. Their priorities have been focused on production and not on safety and quality,”…