Collision Risks?
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From: north of barlu
I find monococks attitude quite refreshing lookout is the only thing that will save you in the final instance.
I do understand the low timers who have been trained to use all the radar services and the transponder but is this leading them into a trap?. over reliance on technology is becoming a big issue in the airline business so much so that I know of an airline that is giving the new guys more time in the sim to fly visual approaches.
I don't have to dream of the days when I will aspire to all that gold braid, I already go to work dressed like an Argintinian admiral and my time flying airliners I have found a lot of places that the only sure way to avoid hitting another aircraft is to look out of the window. after all there is no radar below about 10,000ft in most of the islands in the southern Med and a lot of traffic with no transponder to show up on the TCAS..
ADS-B would be the best bit of kit fot GA but some aircraft will never be able to support it so the only system that will work under all visual conditions in all airspace is a good lookout and less time spent looking at the GPS and other such equipment.
I do understand the low timers who have been trained to use all the radar services and the transponder but is this leading them into a trap?. over reliance on technology is becoming a big issue in the airline business so much so that I know of an airline that is giving the new guys more time in the sim to fly visual approaches.
I don't have to dream of the days when I will aspire to all that gold braid, I already go to work dressed like an Argintinian admiral and my time flying airliners I have found a lot of places that the only sure way to avoid hitting another aircraft is to look out of the window. after all there is no radar below about 10,000ft in most of the islands in the southern Med and a lot of traffic with no transponder to show up on the TCAS..
ADS-B would be the best bit of kit fot GA but some aircraft will never be able to support it so the only system that will work under all visual conditions in all airspace is a good lookout and less time spent looking at the GPS and other such equipment.
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From: UK
"Nevermind, I'll enjoy listening to their 'Near Miss' and 'how I heroically avoided disaster' stories at the airfields I visit or reading their obituaries in the press."
Cynical - probably, helpful - doubtful, funny - best not to joke.
I think you have totally misunderstood the posts.
Everyone, including Mono, accepts that in some circumstances the use of the radio and transponder may help avoid a collision in open FIR. However when you have been flying a bit you realise that the contribution these tools make is minimal.
As I hope I pointed out there are many other ways that can be employed that are more likely to reduce the chances of a collision. I am sure Mono is very adept at these techniques and is probably a far safer pilot than those who turn on the transponder and make various utterances on the radio thinking this is all they need do for collision panacea - and there is a lot of those!
Some wish to preserve their right to operate non radio, non transponder equipped aircraft. Unfortunately that right is unlikely to last much longer, but as is so often the case these rights may well be lost on grounds of misconceived improvements in safety.
If all aircraft were equipped with mode S and cheap mode S reliant avoidance kit was available (and it certainly could be) then this technology would come into its own when the whole fleet was so equipped. That may well be a good idea at a realistic cost. Until then you will get no real traffic avoidance service in open FIR - just try flying in France and you will be lucky to get a FIS most of the time.
Until then take on board some of the comments on this thread and by all means switch on your transponder and use the radio (I personally do so every time, and my transponder is mode S) but please don’t assume that will help at all in avoiding a collision. Follow some or all of the other techniques for reducing the chances of a collision and Mono and I and quite a few other posters on this thread will feel a lot safer. Respect the right of some to fly non radio non transponder because the law permits it.
Cynical - probably, helpful - doubtful, funny - best not to joke.
I think you have totally misunderstood the posts.
Everyone, including Mono, accepts that in some circumstances the use of the radio and transponder may help avoid a collision in open FIR. However when you have been flying a bit you realise that the contribution these tools make is minimal.
As I hope I pointed out there are many other ways that can be employed that are more likely to reduce the chances of a collision. I am sure Mono is very adept at these techniques and is probably a far safer pilot than those who turn on the transponder and make various utterances on the radio thinking this is all they need do for collision panacea - and there is a lot of those!
Some wish to preserve their right to operate non radio, non transponder equipped aircraft. Unfortunately that right is unlikely to last much longer, but as is so often the case these rights may well be lost on grounds of misconceived improvements in safety.
If all aircraft were equipped with mode S and cheap mode S reliant avoidance kit was available (and it certainly could be) then this technology would come into its own when the whole fleet was so equipped. That may well be a good idea at a realistic cost. Until then you will get no real traffic avoidance service in open FIR - just try flying in France and you will be lucky to get a FIS most of the time.
Until then take on board some of the comments on this thread and by all means switch on your transponder and use the radio (I personally do so every time, and my transponder is mode S) but please don’t assume that will help at all in avoiding a collision. Follow some or all of the other techniques for reducing the chances of a collision and Mono and I and quite a few other posters on this thread will feel a lot safer. Respect the right of some to fly non radio non transponder because the law permits it.
