Larry Dighera writes:

Don't get me wrong. From the news accounts of the attitude of the ATC
company, perhaps they should have jailed the Skyguide CEO as well, but
it would seem that the Swiss, in this case, found it difficult to
impose appropriate fines or jail terms on the ATC personnel or their
superiors.

Had the pilot obeyed the TCAS--which he is required to do--there would have
been no accident. "Deals" occur from time to time, and the controllers don't
go to prison because of them. The main guilty party here seems to be Skyguide
management, since it allowed one person to staff two scopes, which is unsafe.