.. light MAC damage could cripple a large aircraft (flight deck, empennage) without fatal damage to the other aircraft (outboard wing, non-critical areas of the fuselage)!
… add FL360 to that and the critical areas are any part of the pressure vessel … explosive decompression ….
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jon … I wonder about those aspects also, perhaps you can add WX into the question marks regarding RVSM?!?! … it would not take much of an upset at that height to lose/gain 1000ft
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Worldpilot ... thankyou!