I'm still confused re the woman who objected to the filed flight plan, and who was subsequently ignored.
What was her position ? Did she have authority to reject/cancel the flight? It would seem not.
Very confused about that portion of the story. Seems you can file an illegal plan, get told it's illegal, and basically say "piss off" with no repercussions?
Other than the crash of your aircraft of course.
But what was her official role such that she seemed to have responsibility to verify the plan, but zero authority to reject it?