I'm truely touched by some of the posts here, but to lighten the tone slightly, could we think of a 'code phrase' that indicates this situation, which is easily passed to ATC.......
A starter might be:
'Paris control, good morning. This is ASCOT 379 Heavy and we are declaring SUPERMAN'..... 'Aaar Roger Ascot, standby........... Air France 123 descend Flt Level 230 and turn 235 for clearance of 'Superman' flt' etc etc
would be nice, but can't see it. I think the reason our little system works, is because there really is a team spirit, and when it matters, everyone does that little extra.......
Gives me some hope, but well done, and thank you to anyone who has helped in one of these cases.
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