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Old February 23rd 06, 04:50 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Error Puts 3 Planes on Same Path at LAX

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:41:17 GMT, Garner Miller
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In article , Larry Dighera
wrote:

What sort of consequences are ATC personnel subject to as a result of
an operational error?


Well....

http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=21651


ZURICH, Switzerland -- An air traffic controller who ordered a
passenger plane into the path of another aircraft over Germany --
a crash killing dozens of Russian children -- was stabbed to death
Wednesday in front of his wife ...

Unfortunately we're all subject to the acts of the lawless, but I was
referring to authorized consequences, enforced by the FAA and state
and local judiciary, as a result of ATC errors.