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Old 13th Feb 2018, 19:29
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Lead Balloon
 
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No, I’m not confusing you with someone else.

It was you who used the phrase “reducing radio calls” in the context of a discussion about the relative safety of Australian E and Australian G. I was just interested in understanding whether you actually believe that an LCD in the vicinity of an aerodrome would actually make different calls if the airspace at circuit level at that aerodrome changed from G to E.

In case you’re interested in facts, the LCD would make exactly the same judgment call as to what calls, if any, to make, and where, in the vicinity of that aerodrome.

I realise that those running interference on Dick want to make the (valid) point that the transponder and TCAS are an unreliable way to mitigate the risk of an LCD flying fat, dumb and happy, saying nothing, in E. But the fact is that the same LCD can fly fat, dumb and happy, saying nothing, in G, in an aircraft without a serviceable transponder. Apparently this results in Australian G being better than Australian E. Go figure.
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