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...Neil A. Mooney '88 recently transferred into North. He transferred, he says, "because all of my friends are here." Mooney says freshman year he had planned to block with a large group of friends who wanted Kirkland. At the last minute, Mooney and his roommate chose not to block with the high-risk group and selected Eliot. While the two got into Eliot, all their friends moved to the Quad...
...ended up hanging out in the Quad anyway," Mooney says. "All my friends were here, and I came up a lot to be with them...
Overcrowding in Eliot was another factor in Mooney's decision to transfer to the Quad. Most Eliot residents live in crowded suites. Mooney, who had to share a room in Eliot, decided that he needed more space...
...SkyWest aircraft "was inbound and doing exactly what he was supposed to do," said Tom Doyle, an assistant air-traffic manager at the main airport. As for the Mooney, Doyle said, "I don't know where that aircraft was." Investigators said the Mooney may have been "squawking" with a transponder -- a device that amplifies its radar reflection -- since printouts indicate its blip may have appeared on one radar screen. If so, why had the controller not warned the commuter pilot? A possible explanation: the Mooney was not transmitting information on its altitude, and thus the danger was not apparent...
...Mooney pilot, moreover, had not checked in with controllers as required. "He busted the ARSA," said Don Moffit, a Salt Lake City tower manager, referring to the Airport Radar Service Area in which all planes must be directed by controllers...