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Old 18th September 2009 | 17:21
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englishal

 
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As you were under active radar control (as I read your post), and you got avoidance advice from the controller, what's your problem? Why are you so averse to admitting that there is a danger of becoming complacent with loads of "kit" on board?
Oh dear

I'm not complacent, believe me! A mid air is my biggest fear. I was simply pointing out the failures of "see and avoid" - Sometimes you "just can't see them". No doubt with a bit of extra kit onboard one has a better chance of "seeing them" , as with having a radar service, before they become part of your airframe. Why don't you seem to get it, and seem to think that all people fly around with their heads glued to the screens?! I use the screens / radar service to complement a god lookout, but you cannot possibly say that a good lookout is infallible either. It is if you SEE them but for some reason people may "just not see them". If it were then all the recent collisions I can remember would never have happened.
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