Error Puts 3 Planes on Same Path at LAX

Larry Dighera wrote:


Of course your opinion regarding the dearth of ATC applicants is not
backed by any credible supporting facts.

Because in this country no controller can be sued. No way I do this job
if I am exposed to the legal system for any minor perceived injustice,
not to mention an actual accident.

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:52:25 -0700, Newps wrote
in ::


Larry Dighera wrote:


Of course your opinion regarding the dearth of ATC applicants is not
backed by any credible supporting facts.

Because in this country no controller can be sued. No way I do this job
if I am exposed to the legal system for any minor perceived injustice,
not to mention an actual accident.

No way? Why not? Have you ever had situations occur in which you
have had to be defended by the FAA?

Larry Dighera wrote:



Of course your opinion regarding the dearth of ATC applicants is not
backed by any credible supporting facts.

Because in this country no controller can be sued. No way I do this job
if I am exposed to the legal system for any minor perceived injustice,
not to mention an actual accident.


No way? Why not? Have you ever had situations occur in which you
have had to be defended by the FAA?

No because the FAA becomes the defendant. That's the deepest pocket out
there and stops the vast majority of lawsuits. But I have talked to
numerous aircraft that have crashed over the years. Lawsuits are not
about fixing a wrong, they are about squeezing money out of turnips.
Insurance companies don't fight lawsuits, they settle, which then drives
up premiums.

But I have talked to numerous aircraft that have crashed over the years.

Did the aircraft talk back?

Jose
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On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 04:00:47 GMT, Jose
wrote in ::

But I have talked to numerous aircraft that have crashed over the years.

Did the aircraft talk back?


I know. Such a statement seems to depersonalize the occupants of the
aircraft. That is my whole point: ATC personnels' emotional regard
for the soles on board consists of treating them as a phosphor target
on a CRT. Such regard is considerably more personal for the SOB, and
I would feel better if ATC had a personal interest in the flights they
handle as well.

Did the aircraft talk back?
Such a statement seems to depersonalize

Actually, I didn't realize it was Newps (a controller) making the
comment; in that context it makes perfect sense. I however had pictured
somebody walking up to a crashed aircraft and having a conversation with
it (figuring he probably meant to say "talked to pilots of aircraft
after the crash") and shortened it.

Jose
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Money: what you need when you run out of brains.
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On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:58:06 GMT, Jose
wrote in : :

(figuring he probably meant to say "talked to pilots of aircraft
after the crash"

I think he meant that he was controlling the flight before it crashed.
After a crash, he would have had no culpability for its safety.