Rude Kid and I have never always seen eye to eye but I couldn't agree more with his post, esp the following.
Has the Nimrod IPT and command chain been so focussed on making the ac 'relevant' that it's missed some fairly fundamental areas of basic safety?
As has been mentioned, the very fact that Nimrod is allowed to enter Afg airspace without TCAS places other TCAS equipped aircraft at risk. Stationing guys in the bubble reminds me of our methods in Afg. Two GEs in the para doors, their job to call the missile launch and to shout the "break" such was the efficacy of our anti-missile equipment, laughingly called a DAS by Adam Ingram.
Picking up on Brain's post, would I be right in stating that Nimrod is the only multi-ac in the RAF without TCAS?
Last edited by nigegilb; 16th November 2007 at 10:07.