TCAS
Hello everyone,
I would like to ask a question because I am not able to find the real answer to this.
I recently changed company and the type that I am flying, I used to fly A320 and now I am flying B737-800
For many years in A320 in my old company when we had TA, the first action was to look out and locate the traffic while getting ready to disconnect the AP in case RA occcurs.
About 2 years ago all of a sudden new procedures came up and we were told that when we hear TA all we have to do is to say "I have control" and get ready for RA but do not look out. The reason we were told behind this was that we do not manouver only for a TA anyway and if we have the RA we have to follow the RA manouver, so it is much better to be prepared to disconnect and follow the RA commands rather than trying to see the airplane. Because firstly there is a chance that we identify the wrong traffic and second the RA can be caused by another traffic taht we didn't see and RA manouver can be the opposite to what we expected.
Now I came to the new company and they are insisting on looking out when you have TA because it is a good airmanship. I see the points from both side of the argument but i am confused how the policy for this manouver can change from company to company or from type to type.
So my question is,
Does the procedure change from company to company or
Does the procedure change from manufacturer to manufacturer
or is there any safety agency that advises and the policy changed but my new company is not aware of it
Thanks a lot for your commments