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Old 3rd Sep 2006, 17:04
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Owl 83
 
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Port Harcourt IFR

Sasless & Muskett,

Having flown single pilot IFR from PH ('98-'01).I can tell you that the traffic is much worse now than previously (Oh, by the way SASLESS, NO autopilot.)
I think that the worst thing which ever was done in PH was to have zone points. All it does is put us together at a point in space whence we did not have that problem in the past. All they do now is define WHERE the mid-air will be.
SPDC (Shell) in it's wisdom, has decided to be cheap and not equip their aircraft with TCAS (thank you Fredi).
You cannot talk rationally with the NCAA about this. It would be better if we only talked to each other. (Muskett 33: remember when the power would go out at NAF and we all just controlled ourselves). MUCH SAFER!!!
I worked in New York City for many years and we had exclusion zones. YOU CAN'T GET THAT HERE!
I'm not sure what the BEST way would be but there must be a BETTER way.
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