Originally Posted by
glendalegoon
REGARDING ATC's role.
Please recall the deadly accident in kentucky in which a regional jet took off on the wrong runway. ATC didn't look out the window to make sure they were on the right,make that correct, runway.
LOTS of mistakes are caught with cooperation between pilots and ATC. WE all need to look out for each other.
I've seen screw ups similiar to the SOUTHWEST thing, that didn't go all the way to a landing. Caught way early by someone, somewhere.
JUST glad no one was hurt.
MAYBE BOEING is doing this to show their good short field capabilities on 737 and Dreamlifter? ;-)
While not quibbling with the thrust of your post, the Blue Grass take off was from a runway which had almost coincident threshold with the correct runway. From the tower the positioning on the incorrect runway may not have been apparent. By the time it would have been visually apparent to the tower whatever was said could have made things worse.
However, back to this thread , as you say - this is a team event and there can be problems with authority gradients from cockpit to ATC at times. So it pays to accept checks from ATC as much as from the junior FO in the right hand seat.