Question of the Week: <a href="http://www.avweb.com/cgi-bin/php/polls/view.php?poll_id=446&display_type=large">Last week</a> 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 <a href="http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Controller_Sleeping_Schedule_Changes_204497-1.html">government response</a> to the <a href="http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/ControllerSuspendedForWatchingMovieOnDuty_204511-1.html">latest round of errors</a> ridiculous?

Question of the Week

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?

Safety is a culture. Every error is serious, and the consequences for those making them should be serious.

Safety is paramount, but no one and no system are perfect. There has to be some flexibility.

None of the publicized incidents has been inherently dangerous, but shining a light on the gaps in the system isn't a bad thing.

Far worse things happen every day, and the attention paid to these minor incidents seems out of context.

This is all orchestrated to divert attention from things that are really important, like NextGen, FAA reauthorization and the general decline in the aviation industry.

OTHER (My opinion doesn't appear as a choice — but maybe I'll send you an e-mail.)

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