Originally Posted by
172_driver
The IFR pick-up aside, what we do know is they balsed up the VFR pattern. Too close and too fast.
Except they didn't want to stay in the pattern! What they intended was an IFR departure on Rwy 32L due performance restrictions. This was not possible as Rwy 14 was in use. So had to go VFR initially. I can't understand why the Tower controller did not know the full details of departure destination!
It seems that the Ground controller did not coordinate properly with the Tower controller. So confusion all round.
