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Old 11th Nov 2016, 12:31
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Mikehotel152
 
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If that's the most relevant example the F-16 can recall which supports his argument that a pilot's first reaction to a TCAS RA is to comply, he misses the point.

In my example of a TCAS RA which occured recently, we could NOT see the airplane that was overtaking us from behind and above while both of us were in a descent while under ATC control.

Unlike the beautiful F-16, the venerable 737 has no field of view behind the wingtip or indeed behind or below at all.

Therefore a commercial jet pilot's first reaction should be to comply with an RA just in case . We do not have an ejector seat or parachutes, and neither do any of the other 195 souls on board.

As for the 737 pilot who caused injuries to crew due to his over-reaction to the RA, this is still preferable to no reaction at all.
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