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Old 22nd Jul 2015, 03:27
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No need to be too sarcastic, Okie.

The map I have for this area looks like garbage, and seems useless.

Sad thing is with zero course changes, no mid-air.

Secondly, I flew the jet as Okie has. No way could I have missed seeing a potential conflict on my radar - part of your crosscheck. Sheesh, no ground clutter and neat symbols that show alt, heading, speed and so forth with no pilot action required. The radar is track-while- scan and coverage is prolly +/- 5 or more degrees vertical and +/- 45 degrees horizontal in basic mode.

It is extremely hard to accept that a perfect intercept happened without either pilot trying. So very sad. And I was always a "big sky" proponent.

I think ATC did their best.

I also think we have a serious human factor contribution to the accident on the part of the Viper pilot even if he was following ATC directions.
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