Somebody should submit to the court hearing the latest copy of “Flight safety Australia” magazine.
The story about the mid air collision between the Tupolev TU 154M and the Boeing 757 freighter provides an example of why we need an acceptable level of safety within our airspace system. Although this accident happened entirely inside controlled airspace, this article would provide food for thought for anybody whose job was to make a decision regarding the validity of Dick’s little protest.
I especially like the comments regarding the use of GPWS as a last line of defence and the requirement that “any significant safety related change to the ATC system………… should only be affected after a safety assessment has demonstrated that an acceptable level of safety will be met and all users have been consulted……….”
A tragic story on many levels