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Old 20th May 2010, 08:22
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In Lony the VFR aircraft received a radio alerted traffic advisory on two frequencies and always had the other aircraft in site.
NO HE DIDN'T! He heard the 737's initial call to Launy tower, and that was it. He then based his subsequent actions entirely on what he thought was going on, which lead the the near-deaths of 100 or so punters. For what cost? So you can Free in G+E+?

Or are you now saying that alerted see and avoid does not give acceptable safety levels?
Not when the other aircraft, the RPT (and ATC), has not got any idea about what is going on with the VFR traffic.

You just don't get it, do you? When only one aircraft knows about the other, then there's a 50% chance that the LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR is going to determine the outcome of the encounter. That is NOT Alerted See and Avoid, in my book.

And furthermore, this is exactly what'll happen in Broome and Karratha. The system is set up to fail.
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