Why not get in touch with Cumbernauld and ask
Several reasons really, they are as follows,
My whole thing, whether it be flying or otherwise is all about learning and not to sound harsh but based on the nature and tone of transmission I heard, I doubt there is much I could learn from the person doing the talking yesterday. The reasons I put the question up here is I have a hunch the replies my post will elicit will be a source for real learning for myself and others in general and the guy that was taking off behind me in particular, who I suspect was a student and am pretty sure from the part of the RT calls that I heard would come away with nothing of value from the exchange in question.
From the limited part of the call I heard the situation was basically the tower became active as I was about 1 mile out on upwind and the guy behind was probably just at wheels up from the same runway, the initial transmission was an abrupt and accusatory in nature about the tower now being active and that someone was using the wrong runway (how someone coming on duty can determine which is the “correct” runway for a recently departed flight is beyond me to be honest, as I, as the pilot about to depart from what was then an un-towered field am the sole decision maker as to which runway is the “correct” one based on the conditions I observe). The guy behind me responded rather meekly that he was “just following the tail dragger” to which another burst of nonsense then followed. I could not help but think on the flight home that there was probably a more appropriate time than at rotation to discuss, with what I again assume was a student, the merits of what had rightly or wrongly just happened, and certainly not conveyed in the manner it was.