EDEN PRAIRIE, MN - O le Aso Lulu na teʻa nei, i se gaioiga mataʻutia, na liliu ai le supavaisa a le Federal Aviation Administration i le Flying Cloud Airport control tower i le faʻaogaina o auala i le taimi o se aʻoaʻoga i luga o le galuega e fai se telefoni i lana telefoni feaveaʻi ma na misia lana tagata a'oa'o fa'amama sese se ta'avale malaeva'alele e laasia le auala i luma o se va'alele alu ese.

O le FAA o loʻo i ai le faʻatapulaʻaina o le faʻaaogaina o telefoni feaveaʻi i ona nofoaga faʻatino. Sa aoaoina e le supavaisa le pule o le fale, o le sa taumafai e aoao le pulea o le eleele mo le taimi muamua. I le taimi o le a'oga na fulitua ai le supavaisa i le tagata a'o'oga ma fa'agaoioia le fa'atonutonuina o le eleele e fai se telefoni. Ona o le le lava o le vaavaaiga, na faatagaina ai e le tagata a'oa'o/pule se ta'avale malaevaalele e laasia se auala malosi i luma o se va'alele lautele o lo'o alu ese i luga o le auala lava e tasi e na'o le 2,600 futu le mamao.

Fai mai le sui peresitene o le Itumalo o Great Lakes, Bryan Zilonis, “O le isi lea mataupu o le faalialiaina e supavaisa a le FAA le le amanaia ma le faagutugutulua o le lala sooupu mo le saogalemu. Afai na faia e le pule e tasi lenei lava gaioiga le saogalemu o le a latou, i le mea sili, faʻamalolo le tumau pe a le faʻateʻaina atoa. O lo'o mana'o le NATCA e va'ai i le faiga lava lea e tasi mo nei ta'ita'i pulega ma o lo'o matou fa'atali ma le manava e va'ai po'o le a le mea o le a faia e le FAA. E manino lava e manaʻo le FAA i ana pule e fai e pei ona fai mai ai ae le o le mea e fai.

O se lipoti sese o galuega na faila e le supavaisa ma i le lipoti otooto e leai se taʻua o le telefoni feaveaʻi.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

Last Wednesday, in a brazenly callous move, the Federal Aviation Administration supervisor at the Flying Cloud Airport control tower turned his back on runway operations during an on-the-job training exercise to take a call on his cell phone and missed his trainee mistakenly clear an airport vehicle to cross the runway in front of a departing aircraft.
Due to the lack of supervision, the trainee/manager permitted an airport vehicle to cross an active runway in front of a general aviation aircraft departing on the same runway just 2,600 feet away.
During that training session the supervisor turned his back on the trainee and active ground control operations to take a phone call.