So here we have this heavy 747-400P on finals at, say, LAX being asked to 'sidestep', automatics try to contact the 'grounded' pilot just as a light aircraft calls, "crossing your zone" or some such frequency blocker, inbound B747P continues without being aware of the requested sidestep and lands on a blocked runway, 400 pax and $200milions worth of aircraft incinerated.
Either the journo has recently been dumped by a pilot or has just failed to become one.
