Saw the Minister on TV the other night, I mean the real Minister not Jim Hacker
, and he explained it thus.
He said he drives every day on highways where he is only metres away from semi trailers passing him in the opposite direction at 100 kph. Does this mean that every one of these events is a near miss?
So I guess his logic is B737s and light Aircraft can pass within metres of each other, without everyone calling it a near miss?
I just pray to (insert here applicable God) that nothing worse happens.