Originally Posted by Traffic
Now two pilots who got the same service everyone else has had ie they were told about each other and left to sort it out, yet still managed to hit each other in what are pretty flukey circumstances. Is that the system's fault, or the pilot's?
Partially correct. The critical difference between than and now was that CTAFs didn't exist. All the aircraft at Mangalore were on your frequency, the area freq (no rebro either, I'd wager). Now, as well as a probably busy Area freq with the controller providing DTI, we're on the other radio managing the CTAF traffic (or the same traffic). The current radio situation, which would exist with Class E, is harder to manage, especially with no parallel taxiways. Of course, then you'd have the cowboys doing IFR Pickups, thereby negating the "value" of E and endangering everyone.