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Old 17th Mar 2007, 19:48
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Few Cloudy

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Rough

The TCAS is the last instance of escape - the last resort if all else in the ATC system has failed. When you get an RA you follow it and if you are too slow to react, the TCAS tells you in no uncertain terms to increase the rate.

This can certainly be "rough" - just depends on the case. It does however keep a lot of people in two aeroplanes alive who might not otherwise have been.
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