Scottie Dog
1st Dec 2006, 17:48
Just came across this lovely item in the Manchester Metro News dated 1st December.
The article is reporting the number of airprox occurances in the last 6 years. To quote a complete paragraph....
"In the last incident, two months ago, a trainee air traffic controller mistakenly allowed a passenger jet to climb through the level of a light aircraft at 6.600ft, two miles north east of the city. This means that the jet reached the same altitude as the light aircraft either in front, behind or at the side of it"
Don't you just love it when no reference is made to any distance? Okay, so according to the item it would seem that 2 aircraft passing through the same altitude at a distance of 100 miles might be class as an airprox! oh, and how do I climb/descent through another's level if I do not go to one side of it??
In the meantime let me just say thanks to all of our controllers for helping to keep our skies safe and the tin moving.
The article is reporting the number of airprox occurances in the last 6 years. To quote a complete paragraph....
"In the last incident, two months ago, a trainee air traffic controller mistakenly allowed a passenger jet to climb through the level of a light aircraft at 6.600ft, two miles north east of the city. This means that the jet reached the same altitude as the light aircraft either in front, behind or at the side of it"
Don't you just love it when no reference is made to any distance? Okay, so according to the item it would seem that 2 aircraft passing through the same altitude at a distance of 100 miles might be class as an airprox! oh, and how do I climb/descent through another's level if I do not go to one side of it??
In the meantime let me just say thanks to all of our controllers for helping to keep our skies safe and the tin moving.