Exchange of words
I am now retired (ex Senior Movement Controller and SAR Coordinator etc)
and was shocked to read this in house fighting between a Captain and Operational Ground Staff.
Everyone shares responsibility for the safety of a flight and no one can say if it is 50/50 or any other margin. In my time in aviation I have observed and listened to both sides and found that no one is perfect. I started in aviation at the age of 15 and although retired I still do aviation consultancy that makes my experience 50 years covering Long Haul/ShortHaul/Ad Hoc Charter/VIP&Executive/GM of FBO/SAR Coordination etc etc
Now thats out the way I just want to say that this type of discussion as gone way too far and I feel the peace pipe needs to be smoked between you two guys.
I have met the very best in Front End and Ground Staff and also come accross cowboys on both sides. I have flown many many times and observed the stress when the weather is 8/8 on the deck but also observed the same stress in the operations room. Aviation is team work and no one must have the right to say that they have a greater workload than the other because everyone cops stress at different levels.
I have seen ground ops make absolute balls up of flight plans, flight planning, load sheets that have gone un noticed by the crews.....at the same time I have audited flight deck paperwork and observed well below standards on entries.....so you see life is ballanced on both sides. Once I found a series of standard plogs that were grossly incorrect, especially in relation to time lapse etc that resulted in the flights always running late because SID etc had not been worked out correctly.....this was the error of flight planning and of course the front end who flew these routes time and time again without picking up the errors.
So let me strongly suggest you both be at peace, maybe say sorry to each other. After all we are all equal in life and one cannot operate without the other
Kind Regards
Peter