Originally Posted by Dick Smith
The FAA person was rolling on the floor.
He asked. “So in your system I could be responsible for giving an IFR separation service to a pilot that at the same time on the same frequency was self arranging separation from a VFR aircraft?
It is a pity that the Tobago pilot at Launy didn't self-arrange himself from the Virgin 737 and it's 100+ punters he almost creamed because he was in E and knew better, because that's what you do in E as VFR, just swan along thinking all I have to do is look out the window...
No wonder there was a rollback!
Oh, and the FAA probably mandate monitoring 121.5 because ATC monitor and can transmit on it.
I understand that Australian ATC cannot and do not monitor 121.5.