So true, ATC.... .All of us (ATC, cockpit crew, etc) in the course of a 30 year career, will experience that pit-of-the-stomach feeling that leads to the universal: "oh Sh*****t!"; some more serious than others. The same is expressed in Wolfe's classic: "God, Please don't let me F*ck Up!". When you realize, it's just too late. Can you imagine the conversation (or lack of same) on that 10-11 flight to TPE, knowing what awaited at the end of the line? Gentlemen & Gentlewomen, it can happen to any of us. We know about the f*-ups that have happened. A good thread might be, "what f*ck-ups have been PREVENTED by a last-minute personal cross-check"- (heading bug vrs. runway hdg, for TO and Landing, last-minute gear down check, etc & etc.