TomPierce,
I agree with you absolutely, on one thing:
You better
do refrain from making any further comments!
The same applies to everyone in here who condemn the controllers involved.
Some of you guys behave like those stupid journalists who don't have any idea at all how ATC works.
It's quite simple: If you don't work in ATC you can't have an in depth knowledge of procedures, daily work and problems involved.
Discussing the matter: fine.
Speculating about reasons and blaming someone before the investigation even started: bollocks. That's the above mentioned journos' business.
71 people have died in an absolutely horrific accident.
2 ATCOs have experienced the utter nightmare a controller can possibly encounter. They will have to live with this for the rest of their lives, no matter if guilty or not.
And countless people believe they already have the answers as to why and how it has happened and who is to blame. Unfortunately some of them can be found in here, a forum consisting of aviation professionals.
Well, if you wanna claim to be one of them, then
behave like one!