I hope the FAA has a very fat wallet

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:


Maybe. Maybe a second controller wouldn't have noticed anything amiss.
After, two well-qualified, experienced professional pilots didn't catch the
error.

Yes, especially since the aircraft had to be crossing (and turning while
crossing) 26 to get to 22, even given the fact that the aircraft was
stopped on 26 might not have registered that they were intending to
depart on commence a takeoff from there until the aircraft moved
substantially down the runway, at which time it might have been
too late for a controller to say anything effective.