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Old 2nd Oct 2007, 20:37
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Originally Posted by CDN ATC
what if the RA tells them to climb and they cannot? Then what?
Then they don't climb, and their "dance partner" is issued a Reverse RA.

At least, that is the thinking behind Reverse RAs. That it doesn't always work that way was proved at Überlingen.

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