Originally Posted by
cncpc
Do you have a link to that audio where he asks for the climb?
I don't think that has been released. LiveATC uses volunteer receivers to capture radio traffic, and N72EX being low between the mountains, they didn't capture the pilot's part of this conversation. I assume that the NTSB has access to a more complete recording made at SoCal TRACON, and that Ms Homendy was referring to that in the media briefing that I've transcribed and linked. Hopefully we'll find out more when the preliminary NTSB report comes out.