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Old 14th Mar 2004, 21:55
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ferris
 
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Don't do it.
You are now on the slippery slope of doing your own separation.
What if the azimuth is wrong (as previously attested)?
What if the controller is actually climbing you over someone else, not yet apparent on the display (remember- not every target is displayed- in fact, very few compared to what the controller is looking at.)
What if the controller previously assessed that you would comfortably climb over this traffic, missing laterally the intruder displayed to you as the TA?
You have now levelled off.
The controller is busy elsewhere.
The (now) true intruder's pilot is from a state that still affords TCAS commands a lower priority than ATC.
Do you get where this is going? We can all think up a zillion situations, but the thing that will save anyone's arse is if everyone follows standard rules in regards TCAS ie. DON"T MANOUVRE IN RESPONSE TO TA.

Not following a standard set of rules led to Bodensee. How many times do we have to learn a lesson?
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