The whole point is, regardless of being anonymous (which is the point of this forum),
Actually that's
NOT the point of this Forum, it is merely one of the operating conditions for it. The point of the Forum is to discuss ATC topics.
I hope you aviation professionals have got the balls to sort it out, I'm going on holiday in two weeks and if my plane crashes due to anything concerned with this then my lawyer is ready.
Pretty slim odds, but no doubt compensation is covered in law (Warsaw Convention, etc). Hopefully your lawyer will be bigger and better than those which get the big bucks from airlines, ATC, manufacturers, etc. Does he practice in aviation compensation as his main job ?
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I heard about the incident. It also appears that the Air Traffic Manager is on the UK Joint Airprox Board. So it looks to me that the Investigators of incidents are not reporting such events at their own units. Sounds to me like a case of "I better not report that one as it affects me and my position and status in the community". Not like "I'd better report this one as I am a professional and it would not look good that a member of the airprox board was not reporting incidents as we are supposed to do".
The most unprofessional action here lies with the ATCO involved who did
NOT ensure that he complied with the MOR scheme. If the ATS Manager said he was not submitting the report , and told the ATCO filing it he was not doing so, then he is complying with the Scheme. Responsibility for submitting the report then lies with the Reporting ATCO. It seems to me like some folk are trying to make !!!! stick to the Manager ATS, which kind of backfires when you read the MOR Scheme requirements. Whilst it is desireable that an employer has open reporting and will forward everything to the CAA, they are not legally mandated to do so. Provided they have the facility for staff to be told that their report is not being submitted and a right for them
either to insist the company do send it
or a right to send it themselves, then the law is being adhered to.