Kontrolor :
ultimately controller on duty cleared two planes on conflicting route to the same level. .
Not quite correct my friend, he did not clear them together . The 757 was cleared off route direct by Geneva, and the Tu154 cleared off route direct by Munich , on the strip he had them 7 minutes appart .When he discovered ( very late ) that they were in fact coming together , he cleared one down , not both... ( all this ,and more , on the BFU report ).
I do not agree with blaming the last one on the chain, wether it is a controller or a simple hand deck sailor ( Like the one that closed the door , also too late, of the "Herald of Free Entreprise ") because it does not solve anything, and confort the real responsibles in their views that since they have not been made responsible, there is nothing to change to prevent it from happening again.
Now the latest on the trial :
Tuesday the prosecutor made a strong requisition against the od Skyguide management, talking about " a negligent climate in the entreprise " he requested 15 months jail suspended sentence for the 3 top managers, 12 months for the maintenance head that authorised the systems to be switched off ,8 months for the other controller that went on break and 6 months for the 2 others accused .
It is still too early to say which way the Judge(s) will go.