Cirrus should have been monitoring 121.5. Plenty of comms onboard. At least 2 comm radios, leave one on 121.5.
Cirrus carries four souls. Guppy carries many dozens more. That is of course to be considered- The Heinz collision is a good comparison, written in blood.
VMC/CAVU, it's armchair QB to say that because the Cirrus was OK, that made the Captain wrong. If they the pax and pilot were slumped over on A/P, the SWA crew would be heroes for passing the info to ATC.
Cirrus cruises at what, top of 250 knots, flat out?
Guppy can do what, 350, smooth air- 7 minute rejoin. Yawn. Ever seen air refueling?
The nail that sticks up gets hammered down.
Last edited by moosepileit; 23rd Apr 2011 at 21:12.
Reason: clarity. # of seats vs.# of Radios