Originally Posted by
Pringle_
This would be the case if the aircraft was under a deconfliction service, in the Bournemouth case the Falcon was receiving a traffic service and self positioning for the approach. The ATCO fulfilled their responsibility by passing traffic information and updating it as required. If the crew want deconfliction advice it is upto them to ask for it.
It is not just up to the crew to ask for de-confliction advice; if you read my #41 above, you will see what the controller
could have done under 'duty of care' to resolve the confliction rather than just sit there and watch it happen.