Originally Posted by FullWings
Where does the idea of an "unknown conflict" come from?
If you cannot see it in the Überlingen report, just take it as posited in my decision problem.
Originally Posted by FullWings
What does the TCAS have to say about it? Follow the commands to resolve the conflict. Done.
As I said in my last post, we all understand by now that that is your position.
Originally Posted by FullWings
To reverse the question, why would I not follow the RA?
Because following the RA would put you into immediate conflict with traffic which you are not painting but which ATC is.
Originally Posted by FullWings
I'm continuing to partake in this discussion because I don't want any impressionable pilots reading this thread and thinking that it's a good idea to start tinkering with standard responses to RAs
Thank you for your concern for "impressionable pilots". Speaking of impressionable pilots, I wish you could understand and resolve the decision problem which I keep asking you about, rather than simply asserting that TCAS solves it (which it obviously - to others - does not).
PBL