On Jun 25, 6:35 pm, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:
On Jun 25, 12:42 am, EridanMan wrote:

Just saw this one on AVweb:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...18X00759&key=1

Wow, someone was having a bad day at the office...

The obvious tower mistake is one thing, but I would also question the
judgement of the PIC of the second aircraft cleared... He really
should have been the one to catch the controllers mistake...

Granted, thats my own damn opinion and nothing else, I obviously don't
know enough to make a real judgement here

-Scott

I have had similar happen to me. You have to assume that the tower
will not make mistakes. Often these types of mistakes happen at
airports that have different freq for different runways, making it
harder to determine.

-Robert

Yeah, I know there are _WAY_ too many variables I can't possibly know,
which is why I submitted that little gem with a massive disclaimer

I mean hell, for all I know, my bias comes simply from the fact that
the P-180 is probably my single favorite current aircraft(from a
design perspective), and I'm not a particular fan of Cirrus... Purely
my own fanboyish reaction.

Either way, props to the crews for avoiding a serious incident... and
a reminder to all of us that situational awareness means a lot more
than simply what the tower is telling us in particular.

-Scott