Hi All,
Well, another lesson cancelled yesterday, due weather. Nice high pressure, but loads of fog this time
I took the opportunity to do my Human Factors exam - the easiest yet, but I wondered about the answer to one of the questions. It concerned the time to avoid a collision between a light aircraft and a military jet, closing at a combined 600kts. Now, the calculation for a 3 minute idenfication to point of impact was 20 seconds, but the two possible answers on the paper were 20 seconds and 12 seconds. Note, the question specifically states time 'to avoid a collision'. It seemed to me that the time to 'avoid a collision' would therefore be 12 seconds. 20 would be too late, but the CAA give the correct answer as 20! Am I being pedantic, or do the guys at the CAA have Tom Cruise's reactions?
Anyway, I passed, so just a few more difficult ones to go now.
Hopefully, I'll get one of the 3 lessons I have booked over the next 2 weeks!
HH