Steven P. McNicoll wrote:

"Sam Spade" wrote in message
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I have been reviewing the transcript and actual tape of the Lexingon tower
during the period pertinent to the crash of Comair 5191. The tower
controller called the center for a release for each IFR departure on the
tape.



You performed a rather poor review. The tower controller did not call the
center for any IFR releases.


It would, of course, be a poor review to you. The point from an
accident review standpoint is that he had those activities.

If it were an ATC procedures review, as I have participated in during
some NTSB investigations, there is always a facility controller
participating who actually helps us understand those nuances.

They were some kind of handoff contact and, in the context of his
workload, that is all that is pertinent.

This guy did not do anything wrong except *perhaps* look away from the
last flight he had to work too soon. There will be a lot of discussion
and arguments about that in the coming months. Had a second controller
been there as the Administrator required, that second set of eyes might
have made a difference.

Regardless, the flight crew is virtually entirely to blame to the point
of gross negligence.