Larry Dighera wrote:
On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:55:40 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote in
. net:

For your own safety and the safety of others you should just
avoid Class D airspace until you upgrade your skills and knowledge.

Oh, his skills are probably up to the task, but his expectations are
inconsistent with regulations. He really needs to get his IFR rating.

I'm not sure I understand, but didn't the controller appear to make a
mistake with regard to section "2.1.2 Duty Priority" of Order 7110.65R:

"Give first priority to separating aircraft and issuing safety alerts as
required in this order."?

There appear to be other sections of 7110.65R that may be more or less
relevant to the situation, though I'm not sure to what extent or manner, if
any, controllers are held responsible for complying with the instructions
(or guidance?) in that Order.

Also, I am not sure why a mistake by the pilot who landed ahead of Jay to
promptly clear the runway necessaily excludes the possibility that the
controller made mistakes. Is there some sort of exclusion principle I'm not
aware of that is operative here?

Lastly, I sense a claim implied here that FAR § 91.3 absolves controllers
of all responsibility for consequences for their orders or lack thereof
issued under the authority of § 91.123 - at least with respect to Class D
VFR operations. Is that correct? If so, I can see some merit to Jay's
complaint with regard to the wisdom or utility of Class D airspace.