Two airplanes due to land on the Greek island of Lesbos had to circle above the Aegean sea for more than half an hour because an air traffic controller overslept, police said Monday.

An Olympic Airlines aircraft, arriving from the Greek capital Athens, and a Slovakian Airlines plane made several failed attempts to contact control tower personnel.

“They were calling the tower to get directions, but no one would answer,” a police official, who declined to be named, told Reuters. “The woman later said she overslept.”

Two things that were interesting to me in this article.  One, they were flying to a place called Lesbos.   That’s funny enough in itself.

Two:  the penalty for this “mishap” was a suspension that will last “a few days.”  Are you kidding me?  A few days?  Shouldn’t they be fired?  I mean what if one of the pilots fell asleep in the air, are they going to give them a slap on the wrist?

You’re risking every passengers life here.  Come on guys.  Clean it up.

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