[QUOTE=Capn Bloggs;11386085]Obviously the CL south west of the airport. Doesn't matter what you call it.
It separates the Caravan from the 737 which is nose to nose inside 10nm, given the A320 is still a ways away. Perhaps the van could have done a 60 left and tracked off to the north to avoid both, but they certainly missed the 737 (unless it then did a missed approach...
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It seems that the controller can see where they are tracking: over to DW for 24. They do give an estimate for the A320 crossing the CL; they wouldn't have given that if it wasn't obvious where the A320 would cross the CL
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Didn't that caravan also fail to maintain an altitude to ensure seperation with the a320 and only returned to that altitude when questioned by the 320? The SFIS system at Ballina is almost useless but clearly what ever mental model or situational awareness the caravan had was non existent. I personally find the standard of traffic separation displayed by many IFR pilots to be lacking. Some even have a complete reliance on TCAS. It's a miracle something like Mangalore hasn't happened more often.