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Following reports of numerous air traffic controllers falling asleep on the job, the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Air Traffic Organization (ATO) chief operating officer, Hank Krakowski, has resigned.

As investigators continue inspecting Southwest Airlines' fleet of aircraft, about 100 flights are expected to be canceled today—after nearly 600 flights were canceled this weekend.

Aviation officials say that two planes landed at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., without clearance because the pilots were unable to communicate with the control tower.

On March 17, 2011, Fox News' Your World with Neil Cavuto assessed the potential risk posed by flights from Tokyo that activated radiation detectors in Chicago and Dallas airports.

ABC News reported on the safety risks linked to pilots who fly long hours without an adequate amount of sleep.

According to a report by the Associated Press, the U.S. Homeland Security Department plans to discontinue the use of color-coded terror threat alerts, an eight-year-old system designed to communicate threat levels to safety officials and the public.

On December 28, 2010, PBS re-aired their FRONTLINE investigative report entitled Flying Cheap with interviews from Mary Schiavo, an aviation attorney with Motley Rice and the former U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General, on the controversy and safety concerns involving major airlines that outsource flights to smaller, regional carriers.

The Motley Rice aviation team has been speaking with media across the country this week as one of the year's busiest travel days approaches.

The busiest travel season of the year has approached amidst controversy surrounding the airport security procedures being implemented by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). These procedures include full body scanners and more invasive physical pat-downs using fingers and palms.

On Thursday, November 18, 2010, a federal court judge denied a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by local South Carolina teacher Sandie Mallard against AirTran Airways, Inc., after the airline cancelled her tickets to Mexico without notice.