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Old 10th Jan 2003, 13:40
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Ding et al,

The 3 aforementioned (and others by the same name) gents have been peddling that lookout is the main method of defence when you are not under high level TARTS control (ie when you are doing battle with all the soon-to-be non-radio cowboys in the soon-to-be CTAFs).

My point is merely to highlight the complete FAILURE of lookout as a means of preventing midairs, especially in this case with ATC and transponders. The first thing the cesspit driver saw was a orange flash. In Oz it will be a red flash.

Lookout doesn't work, and with MBZs being cancelled in favour of CTAFs, it will become the only defence. That's all I'm saying.

Perhaps you are saying that we should cancel all CTZs so pilots will lookout more?

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