I think the logic of what you say is correct but in the heat of things but
is not intuitive to a pilot who has not been taught this and had the
opportunity to think it out on the ground. The instinctive reaction of a
pilot otherwise is to turn left when he is told traffic is on the right,
even though futher analysis under calm conditions leads to an alternate
conclusion as you noted.

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Richard Kaplan, CFII

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