Elaine Williams
Lewiston Tribune, Idaho
（MCT）
6月22日 - 一封道歉信被寄给刘易斯顿 - 内兹·佩斯县地区机场管理局董事会，此前有关交通枢纽的社交媒体帖子，假设今年秋天责任今年秋天，在商业客机航空公司坠机事故中进行了最初的回应，现在由刘易斯顿消防局处理。
Lewiston Firefighters Union Local 1773 posted a video May 17 from a live burn training that day in Moses Lake, according to Lewiston Fire Chief Travis Myklebust, who wrote the letter of apology.
The post was removed at his request and handled as a personnel matter, Myklebust said. The Tribune was unable to view the post before deletion.
The matter was discussed at a Tuesday meeting of the airport authority board, where Airport Director Mike Isaacs provided an update about training for the transition on Oct. 1.
The union was told that some may have taken offense to the use of “maintenance worker” to refer to the employees taking over the duties, according to a statement issued by the union Tuesday in a response to the Tribune’s request for comment.
“It was never our intent to disrespect the hard-working employees of the airport, and out of respect for our fellow laborists, and the working relationship with the airport authority and (Myklebust), we removed the post,” according to the union statement.
声明说，工会的地方领导仍然认为，这种变化并不符合社区的最大利益。
“Local 1773 will always advocate for having the highest trained professionals responding to our community in their time of need,” according to the statement. “…We continue to hope those in decision-making positions will find a resolution that meets the community’s needs while maintaining a cost-effective emergency response to the airport.”
The firefighters union didn’t discuss the social media post with the fire department’s administration team or Lewiston Mayor Dan Johnson before it went live, and it wasn’t the opinion of the fire department or the city of Lewiston, Myklebust wrote in his letter of apology.
“As your fire chief, I am committed to making the transition a success for both parties and we will continue to work together so that those flying into our airport are as protected as they can be,” he wrote.
Starting Oct. 1, an airport employee, instead of a Lewiston firefighter, will staff a firetruck at the airport 15 minutes before and 15 minutes after commercial passenger and charter flights of 30 passengers or more.
The individual will be responsible for an initial attack on a fire if a plane were to crash, dousing flames around exits so as many passengers as possible could deplane safely before municipal firefighters and ambulance crews arrived.
包括Isaacs在内的六名机场员工最近在蒙大拿州的海伦娜（Helena）完成了40小时的指导，其中涉及教室训练以及训练，他们在驾驶舱，浴室和飞机乘客小屋中熄灭了大火。
The Lewiston Fire Department will provide additional monthly training to the group, Isaacs said.
The change, which complies with all Federal Aviation Administration rules, is anticipated to save the airport money.
该机场将花费144,000美元用于培训和设备的启动费用，并预计该服务每年将花费57,000美元。相比之下，机场每年支付刘易斯顿市的$ 119,000。
可以在ewilliam@lmtribune.comor (208) 848-2261.
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