Grounded27
Flying in Nigeria for 4 years I have had 4 TCAS RA's. In each event I have complied smoothly with the TCAS guidance and I doubt the pax have ever noticed - certainly no adverse comments.
My last 'nasty' would have been an RA but I avoided the traffic before it became an RA by climbing at max climb power (no traffic above). I had a TA during the climb and had to change my underpants shortly afterwards. Just like the sim actually where the traffic is on the nose at 4 miles and a thousand below - then the TCAS shows 800, 600, 400 - not nice.
Complete and utter mess and I won't post details here because the issue is still being investigated.
Some Captains, by the way, thought that I should have waited for the RA before reacting - most agreed with my actions - however I do see the other point of view. I knew nobody was above me at the time which in somewhere like LHR, FRA or JFK etc you cannot be sure of.