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Old 7th Dec 2016, 16:44
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blind pew
 
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What's wrong with looking out?
In my first airline we wrongly believed that looking out wasn't necessary...until Zagreb. We certainly didn't know that both Germany and Switzerland mixed VFR and IFR traffic.
I had an airmiss in the Ekron hold with a German reg. Cessna..fat pilot with a cigar in his mouth...Zurich Atc didn't bother using primary radar.
We also had a few other very close airmisses..one between two circling DC9s and two involving heavy jets and military who were all on radar but different controllers.
North of Montpellier an airbus hit a glider...atc were at fault (and the airbus crew) and the glider was hit from behind.
It's a bit like the idiots one sees everyday playing about with electronic gadgets in their cars.
See and be seen.
It's everyone's airspace and why should we give up even more personal freedoms when all it needs is a bit more common sense and some professionalism
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