Originally Posted by
WillowRun 6-3
Article notes also there was a third pilot on the 106 flight deck; that neither the PIC nor 3rd aviator saw the "stop bar lights on the runway"; and that AA 106 had just switched from company frequency to Tower frequency. AA 106 did not know the seriousness of the incursion until they arrived in London, per Forbes article. "Delta was cleared for takeoff before they switched over" to the tower frequency, the article quotes the source as saying.
Perhaps a dumb question here, but after vacating the American apron, shouldn't they switch to and at least monitor Kennedy Ground as they taxi out? Why were they on company frequency after taxing for more than a mile from the gate?