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Old 24th Jan 2021, 23:27
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Lead Balloon
 
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Then your punters will never fly again if they knew the experience and competence of some of the trainee F/O's that would be receiving training on RPT jet aircraft. ATC is not different to flying in that regard. You have to let the trainee make their own decisions.
Yeah, right. A PIC of an RPT jet will watch while the F/O flies the aircraft into terrain as part of a learning opportunity. C'mon LL, you're better than that.

We get it: ATC has no responsibility once it says "go away". I hope it makes them feel all warm and fuzzy for a job well done.

As a matter of interest, why do I frequently hear Centre broadcast safety alerts for unidentified aircraft in proximity in G? Why are those broadcasts proactively made, but apparently a transponder altitude for an aircraft that's been rejected a clearance will be watched in silence by ATC as it blips its way towards terrain that is higher than what the transponder's reporting? Dead due CFIT is just as dead due mid-air collision.
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