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Old 8th Nov 2016, 16:28
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oxenos
 
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The nub of the FAA position is:-

"(2) When an RA occurs, the PF should respond immediately by directing attention to RA
displays and maneuver as indicated, unless doing so would jeopardize the safe operation of the
flight or the flightcrew can ensure separation with the help of definitive visual acquisition of the
aircraft causing the RA. By not responding to an RA, the flightcrew effectively takes
responsibility for achieving safe separation. In so choosing, consider the following cautions:
(a) The traffic may also be equipped with TCAS and it may maneuver in response to
an RA coordinated with your own TCAS.
(b) The traffic acquired visually may not be the same traffic causing the RA.
(c) Visual perception of the encounter may be misleading. Unless it is unequivocally
clear that the target acquired visually is the one generating the RA and there are no complicating
circumstances, the pilot’s instinctive reaction should always be to respond to RAs in the
direction and to the degree displayed. "

If you don't like that, why not pop the circuit breakers and get rid of it? While you are there, you might as well pop the ones for the GPWS and the fire warning system and the stall warning and the config warning and the cabin alt warning and all those other things which make an annoying noise. So much nicer with a quiet fl;ight deck.
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