Narrative:

I was working ground 1/2; clearance delivery-FD for covid staffing. Local control and flm were separate. I had an aircraft pushing off of gate xx/yy area which is right in the intersection of kilo and alpha. Aircraft X exited taxiway tango; and had to make a hard left turn onto taxiway B to go around towards the alpha gates. When I gave aircraft X the instructions; they read it back and began a slow turn of about 135 degrees to go east bound onto taxiway B. I thought nothing unusual of it. Then to my surprise I heard local control cancel aircraft Y's takeoff clearance. My first thought was that they (local) did not remember that aircraft X had to go left onto bravo and was anticipating the runway separation. At the time; it was clear that aircraft Y was not rolling; and shortly after aircraft X cleared completely they once again cleared aircraft Y for takeoff.well after the event the flm and I were in an annual review discussion and they said that I probably did not notice it; but that I turned aircraft X left on bravo causing the departure delay of aircraft Y probably saved an airborne VFR to IFR event that would have been significant. They explained to me that during this same time frame; while they were monitoring local control; a [group of] VFR aircrafts had called and were transitioning the airspace northwest bound. The first problem was that the UHF frequency got deselected and so when the local controller did not respond [the group of] VFR aircrafts returned to TRACON. While this was going on; and the frequency was subsequently selected; the local controller was trying to beat the aircraft Z flight and I am guessing from the structure of the conversation that when all was said and done they told the local controller they should probably report the event.I have a few pieces of input:1. The flm is one of the newer flms and extremely solid operationally; as well as very strong in communicating with people. I am not aware of how the interaction went between them and local to get the cancellation of the takeoff clearance; as there were no words spoken above the volume only the two of them could hear. 2. The controller working is a newer check out to the facility and a breath of fresh air operationally. I cannot say enough about them; from the perspective of being here to learn the job and become more proficient; in the times that I have worked with them. 3. The rest of the facility could learn from this event; and chances are there may be a briefing made from it; to express the importance of awareness of operational equipment; performance expectation bias; and not rushing when we are in a covid traffic level; where there is really no need to push anything out of the ordinary.

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Title: Ground Controller reported a procedural error that resulted in delaying a departing aircraft.

Narrative: I was working Ground 1/2; CD-FD for COVID staffing. Local Control and FLM were separate. I had an aircraft pushing off of Gate XX/YY area which is right in the intersection of Kilo and Alpha. Aircraft X exited Taxiway Tango; and had to make a hard left turn onto Taxiway B to go around towards the Alpha gates. When I gave Aircraft X the instructions; they read it back and began a slow turn of about 135 degrees to go east bound onto Taxiway B. I thought nothing unusual of it. Then to my surprise I heard Local Control cancel Aircraft Y's takeoff clearance. My first thought was that they (Local) did not remember that Aircraft X had to go left onto Bravo and was anticipating the runway separation. At the time; it was clear that Aircraft Y was not rolling; and shortly after Aircraft X cleared completely they once again cleared Aircraft Y for takeoff.Well after the event the FLM and I were in an annual review discussion and they said that I probably did not notice it; but that I turned Aircraft X left on Bravo causing the departure delay of Aircraft Y probably saved an airborne VFR to IFR event that would have been significant. They explained to me that during this same time frame; while they were monitoring Local Control; a [group of] VFR aircrafts had called and were transitioning the airspace northwest bound. The first problem was that the UHF frequency got deselected and so when the Local Controller did not respond [the group of] VFR aircrafts returned to TRACON. While this was going on; and the frequency was subsequently selected; the Local Controller was trying to beat the Aircraft Z flight and I am guessing from the structure of the conversation that when all was said and done they told the Local Controller they should probably report the event.I have a few pieces of input:1. The FLM is one of the newer FLMs and extremely solid operationally; as well as very strong in communicating with people. I am not aware of how the interaction went between them and Local to get the cancellation of the takeoff clearance; as there were no words spoken above the volume only the two of them could hear. 2. The Controller working is a newer check out to the facility and a breath of fresh air operationally. I cannot say enough about them; from the perspective of being here to learn the job and become more proficient; in the times that I have worked with them. 3. The rest of the facility could learn from this event; and chances are there may be a briefing made from it; to express the importance of awareness of operational equipment; performance expectation bias; and not rushing when we are in a COVID traffic level; where there is really no need to push anything out of the ordinary.

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