"Newps" wrote in message
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No, it's not. I never listened to the tape, I just don't care. But, did
the controller call prior to takeoff for a release from the center or not?
This is completely different than a manual handoff.


The tape covers 42 minutes. There are transmissions from five different
aircraft on the tape, but the last two aircraft make all their transmissions
after Comair crashes. The controller doesn't call for an IFR release for
any aircraft, he calls ZID TMU for flow releases on two aircraft, SKW6819 to
ORD and COM191 ATL.



Handoff is completely different than getting a release. He may have had
to make a manual handoff because the automation was down. This happens
every night. The center basically does a control-alt-delete and restarts
their computers each night. For us Salt Lake does it after the last of
our cargo planes leaves at 1:30-2:00 am.


There was no manual handoff, the LEX tower controller called the ZID LEX
sector controller just once to coordinate a heading.