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Old 27th Dec 2005, 15:18
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chevvron
 
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It always annoys me when RAF controllers phone up and say 'can you restrict your (squawk) not above XXXX ft?'; I reply 'it's on a FIS, so I can't restrict, I will REQUEST, but it's really up to the pilot'.
For my own RAS/RIS traffic against identified FIS I would say 'advise if you go above XXXX Ft; I'll be descending inbound traffic to 1000ft above you'. It's not an instruction but a reasonable (to my mind) request with safety in mind. If the FIS then decides to go above, I'll always have the bolthole of avoiding horizontally.
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