midair collision danger
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midair collision danger
i read the "Midair Collision Danger" and the "Lessons from Delhi" and both recommended offsetting to the right of track to provide some lateral separation since the L-nav is so precise, that an altitude mistake would be fatal.
my question is, will the Brits and Aussies be offsetting to the left?
if it is correct to do it in the air, why can't you drive correctly on the ground?
does the captain on British made aircraft sit on the right side?
and while we are at it, what in the world does the Queen carry in that HUGE purse she always has?
my question is, will the Brits and Aussies be offsetting to the left?
if it is correct to do it in the air, why can't you drive correctly on the ground?
does the captain on British made aircraft sit on the right side?
and while we are at it, what in the world does the Queen carry in that HUGE purse she always has?
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Now look here; this had not better be some ill informed blather about the 'correct' side of the road.
All logic points to driving on the left while earthbound. Mount your horse from the left (mind you, how the Yanks get their legs over is a mystery) and have your sword arm ready to deal with anyone going the other way.
Of course the Brits annoyed a lot of people over the years, which is why Napoleon, among others, made everyone keep to the right. But then Boney encouraged the metric system as well, and where is the logic in that?
When you fly your 767 with 50,000 kg of fuel on board, do you fly at 13,000 metres? Of course not. Why confuse matters?
I am beginning to feel better after a PPRuNe free afternoon. It's Danny's fault thatI had to go to the pub.
[This message has been edited by JP Justice (edited 17 February 2001).]
All logic points to driving on the left while earthbound. Mount your horse from the left (mind you, how the Yanks get their legs over is a mystery) and have your sword arm ready to deal with anyone going the other way.
Of course the Brits annoyed a lot of people over the years, which is why Napoleon, among others, made everyone keep to the right. But then Boney encouraged the metric system as well, and where is the logic in that?
When you fly your 767 with 50,000 kg of fuel on board, do you fly at 13,000 metres? Of course not. Why confuse matters?
I am beginning to feel better after a PPRuNe free afternoon. It's Danny's fault thatI had to go to the pub.
[This message has been edited by JP Justice (edited 17 February 2001).]
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when the RVSM hits Europe, we will hope that everyone`s altimeters will be as good or better than their L-nav. but then all these directs will make everything more confusing.
i like the TCAS that is on the HSI rather than on the vertical speed guage.
they are worth their weight in gold and they probably cost as much.
have you noticed how over france, all the traffic seems to congregate over the same points day after day? some of the congestion could perhaps be relieved by not using the same preferred routes (or as some pronounce it-'roots') all the time. perhaps all the flight plan computers "see" the same major points and make all the flight plans go to the same busy waypoints. and the controllers must unravel the mess.
and have you noticed how if you miss your slot by one minute at the gate, they will often stop you, yet if you do make the slot, you taxi and wait in the line (can't spell that posh word for stacks of airplanes without my other software) for 15 minutes before actually taking off! happened to me in Milan Linate. One frigging minute late closing the door, and they made me wait 45 mintues for new slot!
i suspect that if i could have changed my call sign, it would have been different.
and then imagine a radio failure with the new RVSM! ooh boy.
i like the TCAS that is on the HSI rather than on the vertical speed guage.
they are worth their weight in gold and they probably cost as much.
have you noticed how over france, all the traffic seems to congregate over the same points day after day? some of the congestion could perhaps be relieved by not using the same preferred routes (or as some pronounce it-'roots') all the time. perhaps all the flight plan computers "see" the same major points and make all the flight plans go to the same busy waypoints. and the controllers must unravel the mess.
and have you noticed how if you miss your slot by one minute at the gate, they will often stop you, yet if you do make the slot, you taxi and wait in the line (can't spell that posh word for stacks of airplanes without my other software) for 15 minutes before actually taking off! happened to me in Milan Linate. One frigging minute late closing the door, and they made me wait 45 mintues for new slot!
i suspect that if i could have changed my call sign, it would have been different.
and then imagine a radio failure with the new RVSM! ooh boy.
