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10. This one puts the February incident in a kinder light:

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Mar 27, 2014, 03:22 AM

Mar 2014

http://news.yahoo.com/train-operator-dozed-off-crash-chicagos-ohare-ntsb-171228841--finance.html

The operator had been running Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) trains for about 60 days before the incident and was admonished in February for overrunning a station, Ted Turpin, an investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, said on Wednesday.

In the February incident, the operator told investigators she "closed her eyes for a moment," the CTA said. One train car had extended beyond a station platform, the report said.

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NTSB: Operator in O'Hare crash had fallen asleep at controls before [View all] brooklynite Mar 2014 OP

Why wasn't she suspended after the first incident? cosmicone Mar 2014 #1

Best graph of the article... Wilms Mar 2014 #2

Yeah, were they having her work daytime one day and nighttime shortly after? n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2014 #3

Yes, that policy absolutely needs to be changed frazzled Mar 2014 #4

+1 Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #6

Just another example of why we need better labor laws Ash_F Mar 2014 #7

Scheduling in the transportation industry is broken, across the board. Brickbat Mar 2014 #9

Part of the problem is that wages are so low, people grab extra shifts if they can! hedgehog Mar 2014 #12

Well, that depends on the employer and whether there's a contract or not. Brickbat Mar 2014 #13

Maybe a sleep apnea test should have been required. PADemD Mar 2014 #5

They need computer speed governors on trains where operators can NOT speed or miss any stops. Sunlei Mar 2014 #8

This one puts the February incident in a kinder light: progree Mar 2014 #10

Perhaps it's time for Automated operators. One_Life_To_Give Mar 2014 #11

Maybe a few more 'self checkout lines' privatize a few more highways with 'EZ-Pass' lanes... Earth_First Mar 2014 #14

You want cops on the corners instead of street lights? One_Life_To_Give Mar 2014 #15

"6000" years eh? nt Earth_First Mar 2014 #16

Recorded history One_Life_To_Give Mar 2014 #17