Huge. If self separation using radio in IMC is so good why do we need ATC?
Where did I say self separation by radio
is good, Dick? I quite dislike that type of separation, as do most professional pilots.
The subject has been done to death over the years, and I'm not going to go over old ground again.
H.J,
As long as "we" is you and your crew, I will accept that, but as for many of the Regionals crews, aggressive attitudes towards other airspace users is all too common.
Leadsled,
I worked as a regional pilot for almost one and a half decades, in both seats with many pilots over the years - all had different personalities. I can only base what I wrote on my personal experiences. What I can say is when I was in the right seat these pilots
all conducted their OCTA ops generally in the manner I described in a previous post.
Now I'm in a different company flying the right seat of slightly larger aircraft, and guess what? The attitudes of the pilots I fly with toward other traffic OCTA are the same as the regional pilots I used to fly with. I'm not saying there aren't RPT bullies out there, just that I have not witnessed it with anyone I've flown with in over 20 years of airline flying
