Napping air traffic controllers could cause sleepless nights for one politician: President Obama.
The president, who is already dealing with high gas prices, voter disillusionment with the economy, a budget crisis that could see the U.S. default on its debt and turmoil in the Middle East, can add the troubled air-traffic control system to his list of problems.
Several incidents in the past few weeks have cast a pall over U.S. air safety, including an incident involving first lady Michelle Obama�s plane, though none has resulted in any accidents.
Still, reports of air traffic controllers either sleeping on the job or not being responsive to airplanes attempting to land could pose a significant political risk to the president, as a plane crash resulting from a mistake by a controller could easily be blamed on the White House.
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