Anthonius Gunawan Mutiara
Sadly the news, if true, that Loganair departed without ATC cover brings to mind the sad death last September of the above ATCO in Sulawesi who stayed at his post and paid with his life, to ensure a departure got away safely during an earthquake. I guess he stayed to provide alerting service should something have happened to the departing aircraft.
Modern managers and their crass decisions make me cringe.