Right of Way

[malecontrol]

The aircraft that has the other on it's right shall give way.

I was asked by a colleague why is the above statement phrased as it is. Why not just say the one on the left shall give way or the one on the right has the right of way.....both ways it has the meaning. Apparently someone took 20 years to figure out why!!!! So does anyone know why such a phrasing?:rolleyes:

Thanks:)

[mad_jock]

Its proberly taken directly from the rules of the sea and will date back to old english legal english.

[CAT3C AUTOLAND]

Give way to the guy on the roundabout :}.

[Dick Whittingham]

First, the definition refers to you and your right, and not the other guy's left that you have to judge at long range and secondly it is not a statement like "has right of way" but a direct order - "shall give way".

Without wandering off into the minefield of "shall" versus "will"

Dick