Originally Posted by Turn It Off
Surely there is no problem with
" G-XXXX maintain your own terrain seperation, I shall be passing you ADVISORY altitudes, report if at any time you cannot maintain VMC"
TIO
Do they need to be told to "maintain your own terrain seperation, I shall be passing you advisory altitudes....."?
SRA's are carried out only where the powers that be deem it safe to do so and at the start of the whole shebang do we not say (although it can differ from unit to unit) "Check your minina, step down fixes and missed approach point."
We also make mention of "check minimum descent height/altitude". Why then the need for the "maintain your own terrain seperation"? Pilots on an SRA can fly down to the MDH/A at any point on the approach, or at least they used to be able to (see 737 accident at Coventry in the mid 90's), and the heights/altitudes we give them are already advisory thus the reason we say "x miles from touchdown, height/altitude
should be......."
Are we not indanger of overkill syndrome or are we catering for the lowest common pilot IQ?
Anyway, just a few rambling thoughts.
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