A tower controller's duties do not include watching the only
aircraft moving on the airport and taking off. So whether
he was looking out the window and sitting at a desk doing
the reports does not make the FAA responsible for the crash.
The flight crew is expected to use the available signage and
diagrams to find the correct runway and to verify that the
assigned runway is adequate for the aircraft. Verification
of the runway IS the PIC's job and responsibility.


If the controller cleared two aircraft to land and take-off
on runway 22 and 04 at the same time, then the controller
would be at fault in IMC, but in VFR the controller would be
contributory.

This controller seems to have done his job. The airport,
operated by the city[?], is responsible for the construction
and paint. The Airport operator is required to report
airport surface conditions so the NOTAMS can be up to date.
The airplane dispatchers is required to know and pass on
those NOTAMS and the PIC is required to get those NOTAMS.


"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote
in message
k.net...
|
| "FUBAR" wrote in message
| . ..
|
| Sound Familiar? Let's see!
|
| What has the flying public found out so far about the
Kentucky tragedy?
|
| We know FAA violated their own orders for minimal ATCT
staffing at this
| location. We know the Veteran controller was being
worked like a dog as
| many "Veteran and experienced" controllers and
technicians are.
|
|
| We know that he wasn't being worked like a dog at the time
of the accident.
|
|
|
| (While many incompetent FAA employees who can't control
traffic or repair
| sophisticated equipment are promoted into Management to
meet diversity
| goals)
|
| The controller just missed violating orders regarding
sleep requirements
| by one hour.
|
|
| So we know that he was in compliance of orders regarding
sleep requirements.
| By the way, what are those requirements?
|
|
|
| We know staffing and funding in the FAA for critical
people like
| controllers and technicians is cut short. (All while
some contractors swim
| in FAA tax gravy money treated like Kings and Queens)
|
| We know however that in the FAA the new priority is
Diversity and Gay
| groups and Female sensitivity boon doggle conferences at
resort hotels
| funded by a Feminist controlled FAA. Those new priority
items are funded
| without a problem while veteran controllers and
technicians work bizarre
| and stressful shifts and in many locations are
undermanned.
|
| Hmmmmmmmmmmm................
|
| Repeat after me-FAA-Swarm of lawyer sharks-Wallet-Better
be
| fat-CHAAAAAAAAAAAA-Chinnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggg!!!
|
|
| LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The lone air traffic controller on
duty the morning
| Comair Flight 5191 crashed had only two hours of sleep
before starting
| work on the overnight shift, a federal investigator said
Wednesday.
|
| National Transportation Safety Board member Debbie
Hersman said the
| controller had only nine hours off between work shifts
Saturday. That was
| just enough to meet federal rules, which require a
minimum of eight hours
| off between shifts, Hersman said.
|
| "He advised our team that he got approximately two hours
of sleep,"
| Hersman said.
|
| The controller, a 17-year veteran whose name has not
been released
| publicly, worked from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on
Saturday. He came back to
| work at 11:30 p.m. on the same day to begin an
eight-hour overnight shift.
|
| How many more innocent people will die before the FAA
rearranges it's
| priorities BACK to aviation safety?
|
| How many?
|
|
| Did the controller make any error that contributed to this
crash?
|
|