Originally Posted by shortshortz
He didn't make an entering runway call.
Yes he did.
Originally Posted by shortshortz
He didn't broadcast his tracking intentions for departure with the rolling call.
No requirement.
Originally Posted by shortshortz
He took off with a tailwind (because it was quicker) rather than taking off into wind, knowing Jetstar was positioning for RWY24.
Jetstar was miles away and not even mentioned in the report apart from the initial part.
Originally Posted by shortshortz
He flew overhead the field in front of Virgin going around ( which was obvious that had to).
I addressed that above.
Originally Posted by shortshortz
He didn't make contact with Jetstar to seperate for departure.
Nor did Jetstar contact him.
More fundamental errors/omissions were made by the other players; I'm not saying the Van pilot was a saint (he only had 1000 hours), but the others have equal, if not more, responsibility for the event.