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Old 9th Nov 2018, 18:46
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dickmct
 
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Picture this scenario; Joe Bloggs bimbling along happy in the knowledge that he has an EC fitted. "I don't have to keep a lookout as I am protected by my little device". Shortly after this he has a fatal encounter with a hang-glider/para glider/powered parachute/bloke flying under a bunch of met balloons or whatever. Unless ECs are mandated for everything that flies they provide a false sense of security and in my opinion are of limited value.The EC will protect you from similarly equipped A/C but not the one that will kill you.They do not absolve pilots of the responsibility of keeping a good lookout and exercising good airmanship especially during long descents. As our airspace gets more and more crowded that means that we have to work very hard at keeping safe in the air; you cannot anymore drift around, opposable digit in fundamental orifice, just admiring the scenery.
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