Vortex separation on departure

[apache43]

It is a matter of judgement. The separation is a minimum therefore you almost always end up with a little more because you wont roll the second aircraft until you are sure. Ocassionally, you get caught, usuallu because you have an arrival coming. You can issue a turn to the second departure immediately after takeoff to get out of the wake, but quite frankly it's already over at this point. This is a loss of separation and in our system requires reporting by the controller(s) involved. The controller(s) is removed from duty with pay and an investigation is conducted with staments and forms filled out by all. Often in this scenario, the departure controller is pulled as well becasue he/she has inherited your sep loss if you have transferred comms of both aircraft.