Polo,
Firstly, is anyone filing on anyone else here? If so, it’s probably not really appropriate to debate the in’s and out’s here. (Discuss)
Secondly, assuming that it was a mil agency that released the aforementioned F3, then they should be aware that a F3 at FL240 with a u/s transponder and just about to start his mission is only likely to do one thing, and that is descend! Therefore, surely the stranger West 10 could have been called in, which would probably have resulted in the F3 not merging co-level? Isn’t hindsight a great thing! Agree though that it sounds like everyone adhered to the letter of the law. But I bet you that we’d call that stranger in if we were in a similar scenario now? I think it comes down to what FCs have always been taught – keep the crews’ SA as high as possible and don’t sit on information that you have which could benefit the crews. Any thoughts?
Mr Moderator
Wise words. I think we’d all agree with you there. For starters, here’s one incident that would probably have been avoided.
Regards, ADIS