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Old 31st Oct 2019, 10:24
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Originally Posted by Servo
I was asked last year out of Brisabne, Australia if it was ok for a military aircraft out of Amberley to practice an few intercepts.

At night, so the passengers would not have known or saw them.

I was in B737.

Officer was happy, so we said sure.
No way in this world would I allow my passengers or my crew to be exposed to this! If they get it wrong, your dead. They get to eject!

They have their own training resources for this. No need to put the public at risk.

I vaguely recall a Qantas incident in Japan many years ago where a US Fighter Jet snuck up on them and set off theIr TCAS!
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