Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention, although we were caught with our pants down we will not admit to it in public, however in the meantime we have asked TC-T not to darken our door step again. - ATC
Thus demonstrating an fine example of the naval expression a "yard arm clearer", derived from a ship being able to haul down its individual flaghoist from the yardarm on the successful completion of an exercise or manoeuvre, vide:
"To clear one’s yard, or yard arm, is to clear oneself of blame, either before or after an incident has occurred. Thus an order which puts responsibility on someone else is known as a yard arm cleaner."
Jack