[Jerry Clayton]

A few thoughts for Ernie

ATC controllers issue CLEARANCES---they do not CONTROL the aircraft--the pilot does that

When you are issued a clearance for an approach and landing, YOUR GO AROUND PATH is protected space for you and you alone------If at any point a safe landing is in the least bit questionable, you should go around---you do this by adding power and rotating the nose of the aircraft away from the earth----if you are close to another aircraft on a crossing/conflicting flight path you point your aircraft away from the other plane by turning so as you'll go behind him and also by the altitude you climb to or level off at.

Jack made a series of mistakes---it will be judged pilot error ---and maybe have some comments towards what the controllers did, but it is Jacks fault-----that he crashed----he is lucky it didn't shut down the whole operation