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Old 9th Oct 2004, 18:58
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WeeJimmy
 
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As a serving officer I would like to point out that on the day in question we were unable to attend for several hours due to other more pressing commitments.

It is now a requirement that all calls are categorised based on available manpower and the seriousness of the alleged offence. Due to limited resources most of our airport personel were tied up enforcing speeding restrictions on the airport approach road and in the Yeadon area in general as well as emptying film from roadside cameras.

Having been informed of the alleged offence the local support personel categorised the call as low risk as the controller in question was not in any likelyhood of driving his car untill the end of his shift. Prior to the end of the shift Officers did attend and appropriate action was taken.

I should like to point out that drink driving after a shift by an air traffic controller is very serious and should not be tolerated particularly if speeding is a factor.
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