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Old 3rd February 2025 | 19:22
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Originally Posted by jumpseater
Did you have, or need a radar based qualification to do that?

A UK Tower/LC can’t give headings unless they are radar qualified and current, and have the appropriate equipment.
That is a question I posed way back. Does DCA Tower have a slaved radar display? Does a non-trained/qualified controller have the authority to use that data in extremis? Personally, as an ATCO, and presented with imminently co-altitude and virtually head-on conflicting traffic, I would have intervened. But then I was always an interventionist Tower controller!

My earlier questions remain unanswered … does DCA Tower have a slaved radar display?
And thus could Tower have used that data to direct PAT21 out of the way, regardless of qualification or licensing? Or did Tower have a Radar qualification anyway, but didn’t use it?
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