After the air traffic controllers failed to show up for their 07:00 start, airport deputy manager Janarthanan instructed Mr Basha, whose English was described as broken, to operate the radio in the control tower.

Airport Authority of India regional executive director D Devaraj told the Mail Today: "No-one doubts Basha's intention to help during a crisis. He wanted the flight to land safely. But he is untrained and must not attempt to do the ATC's job. Mere good intention is not enough in this case."

Wait. First he was instructed to do it, then afterward chastised for doing it? Make up your minds!

phlegmmo: After the air traffic controllers failed to show up for their 07:00 start, airport deputy manager Janarthanan instructed Mr Basha, whose English was described as broken, to operate the radio in the control tower.

Airport Authority of India regional executive director D Devaraj told the Mail Today: "No-one doubts Basha's intention to help during a crisis. He wanted the flight to land safely. But he is untrained and must not attempt to do the ATC's job. Mere good intention is not enough in this case."

Wait. First he was instructed to do it, then afterward chastised for doing it? Make up your minds!

On top of that, if the Air Traffic Controller was there and doing his farking job, someone who is untrained wouldn't have to do it.

Incontinent_dog_and_monkey_rodeo: I heard the same thing happened over Macho Grande

He'll never get over Macho Grande.

I am serious and don't call me Shirley

isn't it 'the wrong week to quit sniffing glue' not 'drinking', or am I thinking of something else?

You know, sometimes I think we ask too much of our fire men.

Getting cats down from trees, OK. The fire men have the long ladders. But somebody else should have to guide the airplanes down. They should round up some kids from the mall in the airport and promise them their choice of an XBox or a Wii or Playstation if they get the plane down without any casualties or major damage. As we Farkers know, any nine year old can do an air traffic controller's job.

Boomhauer: An airport with seven flights a day has a control tower? What a colossal waste of money.

News flash: Pilots do not need ATC "assistance" to land a plane. They need to to keep from hitting other planes, which is not an issue at all at a dead airport like this.

It's an entirely different kind of flying all together.

Why pretend, subby? We all know what this is about. You want me to have an abortion.

Twitch Boy: Why pretend, subby? We all know what this is about. You want me to have an abortion.

Its really the only sensible thing to do. If its done properly, therapeutically, there's no danger involved.

And Leon is getting laaaaarrrrrger.
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