Bad Day at the office?

"EridanMan" wrote in message
oups.com...

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


The takeoff clearances were issued 40 seconds apart. The PIC of the second
aircraft cleared may not have been on tower frequency when the first
clearance was issued, although he certainly should have seen the first
aircraft on the intersecting runway. I have to wonder how this incident
occurred so long after the first clearance was issued.