雙語閱讀：機長遲到 乘客把飛機開到目的地
An off-duty pilot was hailed a "legend" after stepping in to fly a plane himself to stop the flight being cancelled.
一位休假的飛行員因親自駕駛飛機使航班免遭取消而被譽爲“傳奇人物”。
Michael Bradley, a qualified easyJet pilot, had a busman's holiday when he ended up flying a plane that was delayed by two hours.
邁克爾.布拉德利是一名有資質的易捷航空飛行員，他在休假時遇到飛機延誤兩個小時，然後他就臨時上崗把飛機開到了目的地。
He told passengers on board the Manchester Airport flight to Alicante that he was offering his services as there was no pilot available.
他對航班上的乘客表示，由於飛行員不在，他將代爲駕駛。這趟航班從英國曼徹斯特飛往西班牙阿利坎特。
Mr Bradley was filmed by passenger Michelle Potts making the announcement.
The pilot said: "My wife who’s on row 15 with my little boy – hopefully he’s asleep by now, I should keep it down or else I’ll get told off – she rolled over and punched me in the back of the head and said ‘our flight’s delayed by two hours because they are minus one captain for the flight'.
這名飛行員說：“我的妻子和我的兒子坐在第15排座位上，希望他已經睡着了。我得解決這件事，否則我就該捱罵了。我妻子跑來拍我後腦勺，說，‘我們的飛機延誤了兩個小時，因爲這架航班沒有機長’”。
"So just before we went through security I thought I wonder if this is worth a phone call, I think it is because I’d like to go on holiday.
“所以就在我們通過安檢之前，我在想是否值得打個電話，我覺得還是值得的，因爲我想去度假。”
"I phoned up easyJet and said ‘Hiya, I’m standing in the terminal doing nothing. I have got my licence with me and I’d very much like to go on holiday and if you need a favour I’m standing here ready to go."
“我給易捷航空打了個電話，說‘你好，我現在候機樓裡無所事事。我帶着飛行執照，我很想去度假，如果需要幫忙，我隨時可以上崗。’”
Mr Bradley said his bosses called him back in less than a minute to give him the go-ahead, saying "please, please pretty please with a big cherry on top, can you fly the aeroplane to Alicante"?
布拉德利說，航空公司不到一分鐘就給他回了電話，同意了他的要求，說：“求求你，真的拜託你了，你能駕駛飛機去阿利坎特嗎？
He added: "So if you’re alright for one of your pilots to look like this today, we’ll go to Alicante."
他補充道：“所以如果你們能接受這架飛機的飛行員穿成我這樣，我們就去阿利坎特。”
This was met with cheers from the passengers.
乘客中爆發出了一陣歡呼。
Ms Potts posted a video of the pilot's announcement on Facebook, saying "probably would have been cancelled if it wasn't for him! Legend".
波茨女士將飛行員這段聲明的視頻上傳到臉書，說：“如果不是因爲他，可能航班早就被取消了！真是傳奇。”
An easyJet spokesman said the flight's delay was due to "the knock-on effects of the French Air Traffic Control failure on Sunday, which impacted on crew and meant they had to rely on standbys".
易捷航空一位發言人表示，航班延誤是由於“法國週日（9月1日）空中交通管制失誤的連鎖反應，影響到了機組人員，因此不得不依靠後備人員。”
He added: "We are grateful to one of our pilots who was travelling on holiday from Manchester to Alicante on 2 September with his family and volunteered to operate the flight.
他補充道：“非常感謝我們的一名飛行員，他於9月2日與家人從曼徹斯特前往阿利坎特度假，並自願駕駛這架飛機。”
"This meant customers could get to their destination and shows the commitment and dedication of our crew. This is fully in line with regulations as he had his licence and ID with him. Safety is always our highest priority."
“這意味着乘客可以到達目的地，也顯示出我們機組人員的敬業和奉獻精神。這完全符合規定，因爲他攜帶有飛行執照和身份證明。安全永遠是我們的第一宗旨。”
The spokesman also said the incident was "exceptional", Mr Bradley was legally permitted to fly and he was well-rested from taking four days off.