Near hit at Austin

Not a great look for the FAA. ATC tried to put an arriving H/B767 on top of a departing B737 in shitty weather. Tower has got some ‘splaining to do.

An Engaged Crew Avoided Disaster At Austin

Here’s a link to the audio

https://s.broadcastify.com/audio/KAUS-Twr-2023-02-04-1230z.mp3

The controller fucked up big time. There was no reason to try to push the B737 out in front of the arrival. There was no traffic behind Fedex. Thank god the Fedex pilot took control of the situation and averted a major disaster. Controller will probably be promoted to supervisor (sarcasm mode off).