Waiting until they were only 15 miles apart was leaving it much too late. If another a/c had made acall he'd have lost separation anyway.
If a trainee had done this with me we'd have had a very long debrief!!!
Allowing for the time to start the turn giving each 20 degrees would have been insufficient by then
Whilst it should not be a firing situation it should have lead to some retraining and a very critical look at the unit's operating procedures
Last edited by Lon More; 9th Apr 2013 at 20:02.