[grundle]

This person has a long track track record of screwing up at work. But he's a unionized government employee, so he can't get fired.

[Walkenfree]

That's absurd, anyone can be demoted, transferred or fired for dereliction of duty. Especially when endangering other
peoples lives.

[freekitty]

Don’t buy this for a second. They can be fired. Just do it. To heck with the union and their thug rules.

[Celtic Conservative]

Here's what you do with a menace such as this guy. Clean out a broom closet, put a desk and computer in it, and put Him there. Tell him He's been "promoted". No, he can't be fired. But he can be rendered harmless.

CC

[ml/nj]

No warning was issued to either pilot about the other plane even though another controller who heard the takeoff clearances told investigators he shouted a warning to Beck, "You've got two rolling!"

Come on.

This story would have one believe that these two pilots are not privy to the clearances given to the other. Unless things have changed drastically there is only one controller and one radio frequency for all of the active runways at an airport. It was hardly against the law to ask for clarification of a clearance that a controller gave that seemed to conflict with one given a few seconds earlier.

ML/NJ