A tower-induced go-round

Alan Gerber wrote:
What's wrong with departing via the upwind?

I think you'd find it exceedingly difficult to do so when you must fly
_through_ the gentleman in front of you.

The pilot in question had previously been practicing closed traffic, and
only announced that he was departing (but not in what direction); the
"standard" departure for the airport would have been a crosswind.

Even more distressing was the fact that he didn't divert properly around
the obviously slower traffic (that is, to the right; he kept on his
departure vector), and was either oblivious or didn't care about giving
or listening to position reports.

But whadda ya gonna do? Kick the ball, fly around George, kick the ball...

TheSmokingGnu