I suggest that if you decided to offset a mile in any airspace, excepting on approach, it's unlikely anyone would notice, or if they did the assumption would be the poor pilot is having trouble navigating (not suggesting for 1 minute that pilots navigate poorly
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In a/space with bi-directional routes it seems sensible to offset and keep your transponder and TCAS on!
Ratboy.....NZ runs a fair portion of the Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea with 'OCS'- (oceanic control system), using the technology you mention. It appears to work well, the major advantage the system has over Ozzy's TAATS or any of the other current systems is the 'conflict probe' software. RVSM and Flexi tracks are becoming the norm, ie: Free flight (more or less) so it wont matter how far you off set because your traffic may well be tracking on a random route too!! So.....offset anyway, keep your transponder and TCAS on and keep a sharp lookout skipper
[This message has been edited by TinPusher (edited 03 December 2000).]
[This message has been edited by TinPusher (edited 03 December 2000).]
[This message has been edited by TinPusher (edited 03 December 2000).]