Originally Posted by
Dick Smith
Block. Are you suggesting that our jet airline captains would blunder on into IMC in the terminal area when another aircraft was there and it was not safe to do so?
No. I'm asking what standard will be used for two arrivals or an arrival and departure. All we do is separate to the base of CTA, then it's up to the pilots. I can tell you they get closer than our sep standards allow. That's up to them. What you are suggesting is just do what US ATCOs do. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THEY DO? Please?
I don't know how pilots self separate, and frankly I don't care. I tell them what I know about traffic, and they use their experience to stay apart.