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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Jan 2018, 21:17
Replies: 82
Views: 11,747
Posted By Agrajag

And there you go again, deliberately...

And there you go again, deliberately misrepresenting what others have said.

So I'll spell it out, again:

No-one has claimed that "you can't see out properly from your aircraft." They have said...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Jan 2018, 09:29
Replies: 82
Views: 11,747
Posted By Agrajag

Then we are in furious agreement. I’m...

Then we are in furious agreement.

I’m addressing the point of view, expressed by some, that radio and visual separation are an either/or thing, and that if you’re looking out you’re excused from...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Jan 2018, 09:05
Replies: 82
Views: 11,747
Posted By Agrajag

As above: do the best they can, look out when...

As above: do the best they can, look out when they can and rely on the Big Sky for the rest. Maybe the phantom aircraft will see them, and stay well away till they pass.

I haven't flown this sort...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Jan 2018, 08:45
Replies: 82
Views: 11,747
Posted By Agrajag

This isn't a choice; it's simply the way it is,...

This isn't a choice; it's simply the way it is, in any high-performance multicrew aircraft. Speeds are high, fields of view are relatively small and the workload inside the cockpit precludes...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Jan 2018, 05:33
Replies: 82
Views: 11,747
Posted By Agrajag

Dick, The issue of see-and-avoid and...

Dick,

The issue of see-and-avoid and radio-arranged separation isn't exclusive, as you choose to misrepresent it.

Neither Bloggs, nor I, nor any of your usual ideological opponents here, are...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
31st Dec 2017, 07:25
Replies: 731
Views: 99,270
Posted By Agrajag

So, there I was just today, trundling around the...

So, there I was just today, trundling around the local training area.

On the FIA freq, I heard an IFR aircraft inbound to Bankstown from the west. Cloud was below MSA, so he was doing the RNAV...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Dec 2017, 07:02
Replies: 731
Views: 99,270
Posted By Agrajag

I thought they started it because lots of people...

I thought they started it because lots of people couldn't be bothered learning and complying with the rules, and therefore complained about them and wanted them changed.

Ah, that old one again:...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
28th Dec 2017, 02:14
Replies: 731
Views: 99,270
Posted By Agrajag

Dick, I find myself scratching my head. You...

Dick, I find myself scratching my head.

You proudly proclaim that your undoubted success is due to surrounding yourself with people who know what they're talking about, and then following their...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Dec 2017, 22:05
Replies: 731
Views: 99,270
Posted By Agrajag

If we're in the same piece of sky, then I'm also...

If we're in the same piece of sky, then I'm also visible on radar/ADS-B, so the controller can see me too. And he won't just sit on his hands and let us collide. Without fail, in my experience, he...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Dec 2017, 21:54
Replies: 731
Views: 99,270
Posted By Agrajag

So, the only professional pilots out there are...

So, the only professional pilots out there are all flying pressurised airliners? Not in my experience. And even the airliners don't get very high on a short sector.

There are lots of pros out...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
27th Dec 2017, 10:42
Replies: 731
Views: 99,270
Posted By Agrajag

Are you advocating a system where the amateur /...

Are you advocating a system where the amateur / VFR guy doesn’t have to communicate, but the professional does?

A few questions arise:

1. How do the amateur and the professional arrange to...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Dec 2017, 05:30
Replies: 117
Views: 18,491
Posted By Agrajag

I'm not suggesting that radio is, or should be, a...

I'm not suggesting that radio is, or should be, a requirement in G. But if you have it, it's bordering on insanity not to be on a frequency where it can do you some good. That would presumably be...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Dec 2017, 04:03
Replies: 117
Views: 18,491
Posted By Agrajag

I'll answer this one: don't know, don't care. ...

I'll answer this one: don't know, don't care. Captain Midnight's explanation makes pretty good sense to me; unique to Oz or not.

Yeah, about that...

I remember the last time you made this...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
15th May 2016, 05:44
Replies: 132
Views: 21,599
Posted By Agrajag

And you are suggesting that this is a bad thing? ...

And you are suggesting that this is a bad thing? :ugh:
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Apr 2016, 07:27
Replies: 117
Views: 15,994
Posted By Agrajag

Indeed I am. There has been no recorded case of...

Indeed I am. There has been no recorded case of such a transmission being responsible for an incident. And please don't pretend that's because everyone has heeded your advice and kept quiet. ...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Apr 2016, 05:21
Replies: 117
Views: 15,994
Posted By Agrajag

I wasn't aggro when the day started! But...

I wasn't aggro when the day started!

But then I sought a quiet read of the day's musings from fellow aviation tragics, and was instead assailed by yet more unsubstantiated drivel.

Says bloody...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Apr 2016, 03:41
Replies: 117
Views: 15,994
Posted By Agrajag

No, they don't agree at all. The informed flyers...

No, they don't agree at all. The informed flyers use the frequency most relevant to the circumstances they're currently in, which for 99.99% of the time is not an emergency.

True enough. I...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Apr 2016, 22:51
Replies: 166
Views: 22,783
Posted By Agrajag

Here's an idea, Dick: How about we let the...

Here's an idea, Dick:

How about we let the overseas mob do what works in their airspace, geography and weather, and we do what works in ours? Since we are half a world away, I'm sure they won't...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Apr 2016, 11:48
Replies: 166
Views: 22,783
Posted By Agrajag

Thank you for your concern. I do and I will. ...

Thank you for your concern. I do and I will.

If these IFR pilots are not making a mandatory call, that means they are at fault, not the system. And whatever calls they do make, that's still...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Apr 2016, 07:34
Replies: 166
Views: 22,783
Posted By Agrajag

Since I was cruising at 8500', and some 30 miles...

Since I was cruising at 8500', and some 30 miles from the airport, CTAF would have been completely inappropriate. There were other CTAFs around - which one should I have been monitoring? And, to...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
18th Apr 2016, 03:00
Replies: 166
Views: 22,783
Posted By Agrajag

That's odd Dick. Just a couple of days ago I...

That's odd Dick. Just a couple of days ago I heard ATC give such a call to an RPT crew about to take off from a regional airport. There was unidentified traffic to the east; possibly a conflict for...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Apr 2016, 06:53
Replies: 106
Views: 18,587
Posted By Agrajag

Perhaps having to share the frequency with menial...

Perhaps having to share the frequency with menial lighties offended his delicate ears. But did he say he was ever overtransmitted? Did he ever feel that his safety was threatened?

So maybe it...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
10th Apr 2016, 03:27
Replies: 106
Views: 18,587
Posted By Agrajag

Dick, I'm going to keep saying this until it...

Dick, I'm going to keep saying this until it sinks in:

It doesn't happen! Maybe that's why the ATCs don't have to say anything in complaint.

The mere fact that you have a bee in your bonnet...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Apr 2016, 05:23
Replies: 417
Views: 43,989
Posted By Agrajag

If he looks along his track on the chart, and...

If he looks along his track on the chart, and doesn't see Windslow anywhere, it's not a threat to him is it?

And how many times in a given flight do we actually cross a frequency boundary, and...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
6th Apr 2016, 03:27
Replies: 417
Views: 43,989
Posted By Agrajag

How do we know those differences even exist,...

How do we know those differences even exist, short of carrying the relevant AIP for every country we visit? And why did we get this terminology on the West Coast, but not the East?

Quote:
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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Apr 2016, 01:20
Replies: 417
Views: 43,989
Posted By Agrajag

Dick, I'm a regular user of that frequency, in...

Dick, I'm a regular user of that frequency, in both lighties and jets. And I keep pointing out (as recently as a couple of days ago) that this is not the problem you claim. If there were regular...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
4th Apr 2016, 00:59
Replies: 417
Views: 43,989
Posted By Agrajag

Sorry for the late reply. But LeadSled, you...

Sorry for the late reply.

But LeadSled, you & I must have been flying in parallel universes.

Highly disciplined? It's like listening in on a CB radio club. How disciplined is, "Center, United...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Apr 2016, 10:45
Replies: 417
Views: 43,989
Posted By Agrajag

Well, that might be the way you wish it worked. ...

Well, that might be the way you wish it worked. But it doesn't, because the rules say otherwise. And the problem you claim to exist... also doesn't.



You what? Dick, you're bouncing around...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Apr 2016, 08:23
Replies: 417
Views: 43,989
Posted By Agrajag

Does anyone else see the contradiction here? ...

Does anyone else see the contradiction here?

FS was removed so we could speak directly to the controller by being on his frequency, but we shouldn't do so because it would be unsafe.

Your...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Apr 2016, 06:53
Replies: 417
Views: 43,989
Posted By Agrajag

Really? 90%? A bit of hard evidence would...

Really? 90%? A bit of hard evidence would bolster your claim no end.

In the meantime, perhaps those pilots making up their own rules should try complying with the existing ones. Then we could...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
2nd Apr 2016, 06:01
Replies: 417
Views: 43,989
Posted By Agrajag

I just did a domestic sector, in the course of...

I just did a domestic sector, in the course of which I heard several dozen calls which weren't intended for, or relevant to me. Oddly, I managed to heed the ones which were, and the others didn't...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Apr 2016, 05:00
Replies: 417
Views: 43,989
Posted By Agrajag

Sorry Dick, firmly with Bloggs on this one. ...

Sorry Dick, firmly with Bloggs on this one.

These days, anyone who is flying around the GAFA without the benefit of a tablet running OzRunways or AvPlan is seriously hampering their capabilities. ...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Sep 2015, 03:46
Replies: 50
Views: 8,369
Posted By Agrajag

No, you use a bit of common sense, and call on...

No, you use a bit of common sense, and call on the one applicable to the direction you're going. That's where any conflict will most likely be coming from.

How long did it take you to find a...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Sep 2015, 23:13
Replies: 50
Views: 8,369
Posted By Agrajag

Can I take the controversial position that the...

Can I take the controversial position that the current system doesn't work too badly?

When I'm flying the VFR bug smasher, you can bet I have my eyes open for other traffic. But I can't hope to...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th May 2015, 04:06
Replies: 87
Views: 17,390
Posted By Agrajag

Unsupported? Sorry, but I'm guessing you're new...

Unsupported? Sorry, but I'm guessing you're new to this topic. The supporting data on my side of the discussion has been out there for a long time by now, and doesn't need rehashing.

Don't...
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