job of getting this em in. of course, i d go to the tracon and say is this really the best policy. maybe they should have been diverted to dulles or to bwi. that would have been some inconvenience but not a significant amount. yeah, and ray lahood is ordering this second air traffic controller on duty. the air traffic controller involved has been suspended. is this enough for you? well, i think let s see what the investigation turns up. i don t think there s any way that we re not going to have a full and complete and candid investigation of this event, given the amount of coverage it s gotten. let s see what the explanation is and then i think randy babbitt is a pite himself. i am sure is he upset about this. he s going to take the right action. yeah, we don t know certainly if the guy was locked out, if the controller was locked out as one of the pilots might have thought or if he fell an sleep. the investigation continues. what about frequent flyers
operational duties. i am determined to get to the bottom of the situation for the safety of the traveling public. he goes onto say as a former pilot i am personally outraged that this controller did not meet his responsibilities to help land the two planes. fortunately at no point was either plane out of radar contact and our back up system kicked in to assure the safe landing of both of those planes. we spoke with ntsb managing director peter gelts who said this guy was not merely a sleep, he was really a sleep. traffic backs off dramatically at reagan after 9 look. it is very disturbing. the center tried to reach him by phone and they also apparently tried to use their shout box, which is this direct communication to the tower that the volume is set at a high level, so that if there is an emergency the tracon can reach