ATC clears takeoff aircraft for midair

"Marco Leon" mleon(at)optonline.net wrote in message
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I gotta disagree with you Jay. I fly out of a busier airport than
HPN--FRG also in NY. It's class D as well and I shudder when
I think about that airport not having a control tower. It's far from
perfect but the controllers do their best to try and warn pilots of
nearby aircraft even though it's not their responsibility. What
would your solution be? Make Class C the first airspace
designation with towers? Make all Class D's Class C's? Give
Class D ATC separation responsibilities? The last solution
would require prohibitively expensive radar upgrades.


ATC doesn't provide VFR/VFR separation in Class C airspace either.