Thread: Class D Sucks
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Old December 22nd 04, 02:56 PM
Bill Denton
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The Bob Collins (of WGN Radio) crash north of Chicago comes immediately to
mind...

IIRC, that was almost totally the result of bad position reporting.



"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Precisely.

And what makes Class D so dangerous is that



b) The controller THINKS he knows where everyone is.


The controller get his information from the pilots. Pilots are frequently
not where they THINK they are and provide bad information to the

controller.