Am I picking up a slight whiff of misogyny in some posters? Would a Guy Reaction (deeper voice, limited emotion) have been tolerated better? Is it that the words 'We need to talk' uttered by a woman are giving chills to men who've learned that it usually heralds a 'difficult' discussion?
From querying the Tower about the traffic, to the TCAS going off, seems to have been about 6 seconds, at a time of high workload. I'm not surprised the pilot was heated.
And, speaking as SLF who would not like to see a small plane taking avoiding actions as my flight is lifting off, I'm struck by the fact that the Cessna had to turn at all. Is this normal? Shouldn't the small plane be asked to, say, circle at a safe distance until the departing jet is out of the way?
If the 777 had delayed its take-off roll by, say, 20-30 secs, where would this have put the Cessna in relation to the 777?