July 17, 2007 Mark V. Rosenker Chairman, NTSB 490 L'Enfant Plaza, SW Washington, D.C. 20594 Telephone (202) 314-6000 Chairman Rosenker, My name is James Bergquist, former USAF and FAA air traffic controller, and former head of our union, NATCA, in San Diego. I have posted several articles on many aviation bulletin boards about the crash of Comair ...

  In the LEX ATCT air traffic accident package at   http://data.gannettnewsservice.com/comair/356224.pdf   we see the FAA's transcripts of the ATC tapes. Both the tower tapes and the crash crew notifications are located at the bottom of this pdf document.   You can see that Comair was cleared for takeoff at 1005:17 ...

Here's another possibility. We don't know that those ''two beers'' were 12oz. cans. They make 16oz. cans. What if those ''two beers'' were 40oz. Mickeys Malt Liquor. He could have been up til midnight and sick as a dog. At 5:30, he might have had no alcohol in his system, but if he was hungover, that might be a reason to climb on the wrong ...

I got this response from a commercial airline pilot....   Ummm, maybe because it was the wrong airplane at the gate? All those airplanes look alike. You could get on the airplane, get settled in and then figure out that it was the wrong airplane. Been there, done that. This is a TOTAL non starter issue. I am not surprised that there was no ...

Why would the crew get on the wrong aircraft?....Polehinke ordered chicken fingers and took two beers to go within 12 hours of the accident, according to the NTSB file. Marx said Comair prohibits pilots from drinking alcohol within 12 hours of a flight. Federal Aviation Administration regulations bar alcohol within eight hours of a flight. But Marx

I used drugs on the job as an FAA air traffic controller and Congress won't let me testify.To Whom It May Concern,My name is James Bergquist, former USAF and FAA air traffic controller. I was also head of our union, NATCA, for San Diego County. I represent other FAA whistle blowers including airline pilots, Boeing and DOD wiring experts, two FAA ...

I have finally been able to pin down the time line  for V1 and first impact of Comair 5191. According to a Louisville Courier-Journal article at...  http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070118/NEWS0104/701180456/0/NEWS01 The lone air traffic controller handling the flight was Christopher Damron, who ...

    Contact ALPA, DALPA, AFA, APFA, and NATCA unions to lobby aviation subcommittee of congress calling for hearings on aviation safety     If anyone is a member of the Airline Pilots Association (ALPA), Delta Airlines Pilots Association (DALTA), Association of Flight Attendants (AFA),  Association of ...

    Contact ALPA, DALPA, AFA, APFA, and NATCA unions to lobby aviation subcommittee of congress calling for hearings on aviation safety     If anyone is a member of the Airline Pilots Association (ALPA), Delta Airlines Pilots Association (DALTA), Association of Flight Attendants (AFA),  Association of ...

  Contact ALPA, DALPA, AFA, APFA, and NATCA unions to lobby aviation subcommittee of congress calling for hearings on aviation safety     If anyone is a member of the Airline Pilots Association (ALPA), Delta Airlines Pilots Association (DALTA), Association of Flight Attendants (AFA),  Association of Professional ...