Originally Posted by
AerocatS2A
Auto TCAS is pretty good IMO.
Fair enough, now we are deviating off the original topic. Looking at the memory items for a TCAS RA it's an entire page of nested IF-statements and uneccessary comments, further complicated by AUTO TCAS available/not available. Eye candy to an engineer, sore eyes for an aviator. Also a testament to Airbus inability to write good user friendly manuals. Flying a TCAS maneuver is a short simple procedure and should be described as such. Can't see a situation where auto TCAS will ever save the day. The DHL/Tu154 midair was due to someone disregarding TCAS all together and the GOL/Embraer Legacy midair was a malfunctioning transponder, wasn't it? Just my opinion...