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Old 7th Sep 2011, 22:09
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Yankee Whisky
 
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Give way............

I was tought a basic rule of the air that in essence, states that the
stronger gives way to the weaker.
Therefore a power plane gives way to a glider, balloon etc. By extention,
an aircraft having sufficient fuel to "give way" and make an overshoot should indeed do that, so the one who has stated "low fuel" can make an immediate landing.
I also presume that IF a "low fuel" position means that an overshoot is
impossible, the PIC would have declared a "Mayday".
The Korean is obviously and blatendly at fault, leave alone the complete lack of courtesy and airmanship.
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