Fourthreethree,
With regards to datalink, I am very sceptical. At Maastricht we are experimenting with CPDLC, a datalink system in the early stages of development.
Datalink has been in use over the Pacific for years. Why do the Europeans have to re-invent the wheel all the time? Is this just a contest to see who can urinate the furthest up the wall?
Right. And who can input those restrictions at that speed?
No one. Which is precisely why it is not a job that should be done by a human. The process needs to be automated. There are enormous volumes of data processing involved - something that computers do exceedingly well but which even the most highly trained humans do rather poorly.
To answer your ill thought out point, the last two times I have needed to give emergency avoiding action was solely due to TCAS. False RA's which the pilot is obliged to act upon are the scurge of my life....
You continue issuing instructions to aircraft that are flying an RA????
Prepare for another Lake Constance disaster!