WAIFer --I am aware of the "glaring" facts as they have been presented on this thread, I am not aware of what the real facts are and, I say again, I am not trying to blame anybody. I am concerned that the apparent result of the investigation is that the controller failed to obtain a correct read back and will be retrained.
Pilot error plus retraining was the stock standard response to all aviation incidents until human factors experts woke everyone up to the swiss cheese model, amongst other things. There are reasons why pilots and, in this case, the controller made an error. No-one seems to be interested, once again, based on the contents of this thread, in fixing the problem.
As part of the traveling public can I now safely assume that the authorities believe that there is nothing wrong with the airport and nothing wrong with the procedures? A controller simply made an error will be retrained therefore it won't happen again!