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Old 25th Nov 2015, 13:44
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Kirks gusset
 
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If you work in Turkey and monitor the guard frequencies you will hear intrusions and attempted intrusions almost every hour. The other day it was an american crew, can't say if BJ or not at FL 45. The controllers simply said " unidentified aircraft squawking XXXX you are about to enter Turkish Airspace, turn heading XXX immediately. The crew were then arguing that they had permission to enter the airspace and were telling the ATC controller to "stand by" Eventually the controller said " if you do not turn we will scramble" and at that point the aircraft advised it was turning and holding. With tensions running high the thought is that this incident will harden, not soften the attitude of the Turks and the government has not " ruled out" further incidents. In the context of commercial aviation this subliminal threat when operating in these regions and the Russians now moving in sophisticated anti aircraft systems is pushing the game to new levels. Some airports with commercial pax are less than 6 KM from the boarder..even the MAP states " caution border is X miles".. its a nightmare waiting to happen..and the brinkmanship dick waving has to be stopped, but that means one side climbing down and it looks like that isn't going to happen. Considering this is meant to be a joint effort against ISIS, the " joint trust" is patently low
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