Double Back great post
i totally relate to those mornings when the sun just " scorch " your eyes as if acid was splashed directly into them, for those supermen who thinks at flight levels if another aircraft is coming directly at you at a closing rate of over 1900km/hr and you can avoid it, especially when the sun is in your eyes even with the best sunglasses you really are living in coo coo land.
Spandex - what a load of tripe -
since you brought up uberlingen one of the recommendations out of that very unfortunate accident
is to always trust your TCAS, if both planes did, that day would not be another satistic.