不可思議的 FAA訓練管制員法

WASHINGTON – Federal aviation officials are investigating whether air traffic controllers violated federal rules by rerouting four airliners to test the skills of a controller-trainee.

The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement Tuesday that a preliminary inquiry indicates four flights were rerouted near Savannah, Ga., on Saturday.

"There was no compromise of safety by the rerouting," Kathleen Bergen, an FAA spokeswoman, said in an interview. Controller trainees "must train on simulators, but they must receive on-the-job training under the supervision of another fully certified controller and a supervisor before they can check out," Bergen said.

She said the FAA will investigate whether experienced controllers "were directed to reroute planes to generate additional traffic for the trainee, who was undergoing a skills check."
The FAA statement said the agency "has strict training guidelines which do not permit rerouting flights nor inconveniencing pilots or the flying public."