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Old 4th Sep 2009, 02:08
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Dick Smith
 
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You do not understand. In the US under NAS an IFR planned aircraft climbing in E before gaining a clearance gets exactly the same information from ATC as an IFR aircraft climbing in Australian G.

That is traffic information on all known aircraft.

That's why E is superior to G as E allows a full separation service when IMC exists and a G service when VMC exists.

Plus, in Australia, E includes a mandatory transponder requirement that does not exist in G

I introduced the mandatory transponder requirement without a RIS when I was Chaiman of CASA. This was to improve safety by encouraging more E airspace so that finite resources could be better allocated.
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