IO540
I deleted the Graham Hill thread because some ATCOs didnt like me repeating stuff that's already been written in some books covering the incident
I am not a controller and never have been, although many of my friends are or have been.
It is a libel whether you read it in a book or not, and you are still responsible for it. Try reading the report you claim to be referring to, and telling the truth about why you deleted the thread. Instead of attacking those that correct you have the guts to give the apology you owe to the controller involved.
Oh, and in future stick to commenting on things you know about.
On this thread you are still giving a poor argument. Aircraft on a closing trajectory are not that difficult to spot. Even if not on a constant bearing the relative movement is small enough to be irrelevant at any great distance, and I and pilots I have flown with have seen many aircraft at a great distance. Noting the poor lookout of some others I have flown with, who have failed to spot everything I have seen, I can see how some pilots think it is useless to try to maintain visual separation.
See and avoid is difficult, but it also does work. It is stupid and dangerous to suggest otherwise.
P.S. I am not criticising either pilot in this case. I have not been in the UK since it happened, and even if I had seen all the reporting I would not know the real facts. See and avoid can fail through no fault of the crew, but to suggest it is useless is ridiculous.