彼得·维科报道：在悉尼机场发生一系列险情后，澳大利亚航空安全调查人员正在审查空中交通管制员的疲劳状况及人员配置水平。
By Peter Vercoe Australian air-safety investigators are examining traffic controller fatigue and staffing levels after a series of near-misses at Sydney Airport.
澳大利亚运输安全局（ATSB）周三发布了一份初步报告，涉及六起事件中的四起。其中包括一架捷星航空（Jetstar）飞机在滑行时为避免附近正在被拖行的卡塔尔航空（Qatar Airways）飞机而紧急刹车，以及一架澳洲航空（Qantas Airways Ltd.）波音737客机被许可穿越正在着陆滑行的澳洲快运（QantasLink）Dash8飞机前方。
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau released a preliminary report Wednesday into four of the six incidents. They include a Jetstar plane having to brake suddenly while taxiing to avoid a Qatar Airways jet being towed nearby, and a Qantas Airways Ltd. Boeing 737 being cleared to cross in front of a QantasLink Dash8 aircraft in its landing roll. While the report doesn’t contain any findings, air traffic control involvement in each incident is still being examined, ATSB Chief Commissioner Angus Mitchell said in a statement.
ATSB首席专员安格斯·米切尔（Angus Mitchell）在一份声明中表示，虽然报告尚未得出任何结论，但空中交通管制在每起事件中的参与情况仍在接受审查。
“Staff resourcing within Sydney Tower at the time of many of the occurrences has emerged as a recurring area of inquiry,” Mitchell said.
米切尔说：“在许多事件发生时，悉尼塔台的人员配置已成为一个反复出现的调查重点。这些调查旨在了解塔台内人员配置压力的重要性，特别是合并操作岗位的做法、常规依赖加班来填补班次，以及在执行操作任务的同时进行培训或监督活动。”
“These investigations will look to understand the significance of staff resourcing pressures within the tower, specifically, the practice of combining operational roles, the routine reliance on overtime to fill shifts, and training or supervision activities being conducted alongside operational duties.”
这一系列险情使人们关注到该国最繁忙机场空中交通管制员短缺的问题，并引发了对安全的担忧。澳洲航空首席执行官范妮莎·哈德森（Vanessa Hudson）上个月呼吁解决长期存在的短缺问题，她表示数以万计的乘客正受到航班延误的影响。
The spate of near-misses has put a spotlight on the shortage of air traffic controllers at the country’s busiest airport and raised concerns about safety. Qantas Chief Executive Officer Vanessa Hudson last month called for the chronic shortages to be fixed, saying tens of thousands of passengers are being affected by flight delays.
ATSB强调，其尚未确定人员配置因素是否直接导致了任何一起事件。
The ATSB stressed it has yet to determine whether staff resourcing factors directly contributed to any of the incidents.