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Old 28th Sep 2005, 05:59
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Jack-oh, sorry but I second CM's views and think you are wrong.

MATS Pt 1

Radar Advisory Service

A Radar Advisory Service (RAS) is an air traffic radar service in which the controller shall provide advice necessary to maintain prescribed separation between aircraft participating in the advisory service, and in which he shall pass to the pilot the bearing, distance and, if known, level of conflicting non-participating traffic, together with advice on action necessary to resolve the confliction. Where time does not permit this
procedure to be adopted, the controller shall pass advice on avoiding action followed by information on the conflicting traffic. Even though the service is an advisory one, controllers shall pass the 'advice' in the form of instructions.
How anyone could interpret the above statement as allowing a controller to ignore VFR traffic when providing a RAS confounds me.

PA has hit the nail on the head. There are significant standardisation issues here, not only between mil/civil, but also within the two communities.