DOT ta ce ma'aikatan jirgin ba su da laifi don jinkirin jirgin na Continental 2816

"Muna da matakai don guje wa waɗannan yanayi kuma waɗannan hanyoyin sun lalace a fili a cikin wannan yanayin." Wannan wani bangare ne na bayanin da shugaban kamfanin na Continental Airlines, kuma shugaban kamfanin Larry Kellner ya yi a yau, wanda ya bayar da sanarwar kamar haka dangane da jirgin na Continental Express mai lamba 2816 (wanda kamfanin ExpressJet ke tafiyar da shi), wanda aka samu tsaikon jinkiri a kasa biyo bayan karkatar da yanayi zuwa Rochester. Minnesota ranar 8 ga Agusta, 2009.

Kellner yana mayar da martani ne kan sakamakon binciken da Ma'aikatar Sufuri ta Amurka (DOT) ta gudanar na cewa ma'aikatan jirgin na ExpressJet ba su da laifi kuma wakilin kamfanin na Mesaba (wani reshen kamfanin Delta Air Lines mallakin gaba daya, ya ki amincewa da bukatar kyaftin din ba bisa ka'ida ba). don barin fasinjojinta daga jirgin.

Kellner ya ce "Continental na daukar alhakin kula da abokan cinikinta, ko suna cikin jiragen abokan huldar yankinmu ko kuma namu," in ji Kellner. "Mun ji daɗin cewa Sakatare LaHood ya fahimci ƙoƙarin ma'aikatan jirgin don magance lamarin.

"Yayin da sakamakon abokan cinikin ya kasance ba a yarda da shi ba, a bayyane yake cewa ma'aikatan jirgin na ExpressJet sun yi aiki cikin dare don warware lamarin kuma sun ji takaicin gazawar Delta Connection na ba da taimako mai ma'ana. Muna aiki don ganin hakan bai sake faruwa ba,” in ji Kellner.