Originally Posted by
waldo135
Have you listened to the tape. Don’t remember the exact words, but the CA states they took off after 0545. Since that’s when the tower opened, he admitted he took off without a clearance to do so…or he lied about when he took off.
That's not what he said.
Boston controller: “That runway was closed.”
Southwest pilot: “I thought it opened at :45. There was no markings or anywhere.”
Controller: “It did open at :45, but you departed at :42.”
Pilot: “That’s not what we’re showing, but ok.”
The clocks in the airplane get their time from the GPS. FR24 shows them airborne at 0543L. What clock were they looking at the was off by that much in this day and age? Not their ipad...