Mr Daley thinks a more conventional eight-hour shift system might be healthier for everyone involved.

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Last month's emergency occurred about three hours into controller Harten's eight-hour shift, but only 15 minutes after he was assigned to handle departures from New York's LaGuardia Airport.

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By using consumer technology to perform work tasks, employees no longer have to squeeze everything into a typical eight-hour shift, and they can add nearly an hour to their workday.

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Programmers--sorry, seamen--hired from places like India and Russia would have their own cabins, work eight- or ten-hour stretches on either a day or night shift and have the rest of the time to sleep, play shuffleboard or take a water taxi to shore.

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