I realised a few posts ago that Mr Stable is just a wind up merchant who actually doesn't seem to know anything about flying
Thank you for your opinion.
Just so you know, my total time flying experience is well past four figures. I have commercial licences (CPLs and ATPLs) from four different authorities. I started flying about 35 years ago. I have instructed ab initio students, commercial and IR students, taught type conversions and renewals in both the simulator and the aircraft. I have about 7 different types on my UK ATPL, from SEP/MEP up to 150-tonne jets. I have flown island-hoppers in the Caribbean, night mail, bucket-and-spade holiday charters, scheduled domestic and international airlines, VIP/Corporate passengers, aerial traffic spotting, skydivers, hazardous cargo and police aircraft.
What are your qualifications and experience?
I have not denied anywhere in this thread that the Mk I eyeball has its limitations. You have not admitted that relying on TCAS or TIS-B or other similar systems entails a danger of complacency. It appears that all you can do is resort to insults in an effort to defend poor airmanship.
And then we get silly statements such as
And since a target on a genuine collision trajectory is a stationary point in your field of view (straight line trajectories assumed) you won't see him until too late.
This daft sentence assumes that one can only see a "target" when it is moving across one's field of view. I have news for you - you can see such targets before hitting them - lots of people do.
Pace, excellent post. Sums it up both the problem and a few solutions very well.