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Old 23rd Feb 2015, 21:51
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ShyTorque

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FFB, I know your father taught you well and I wasn't trying to make it a competition, merely responding to your rejoinder to my post, which seemed intentionally condescending, as if I was unfamiliar with the OHJ.

Like anywhere then? (Especially Class G airspace).
Which is where many ATZs lie, of course.

Again, my point was that the OHJ procedure, by definition, brings aircraft to the same point in space. The overhead join requires pilots to position their aircraft quite precisely, which in some cases means the pilot is working at high workload with little extra capacity - they quite naturally look down into the circuit and this can reduce overall awareness with regard to other aircraft which may be in very close proximity at a similar level. Any "choke point" brings extra hazard and this is one of them so pilots should not be afraid to use the R/T sensibly and effectively, rather than just sticking very rigidly to the terms of CAP413.
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