Hmm
Courts have shown themselves time and again not to grasp fully the subtleties of ATC. Maybe there's more to the story but it seems to me that this is the daftest one ever - a
trainee gets a suspended sentence!
And for an
airprox too. What would he have faced if the aircraft collided?
The gallows?
How is anyone supposed to learn to do the job properly if every mistake carries the threat of jail time?
They won't be queueing up to become OJTI in Japan. And I bet they won't be inundated with replies on the next student controller intake.
It's the kind of short-sighted ruling that could be handed down by a court in any country, however, so we should all take note.