"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:
When you've got a guy directing traffic who has a faulty mental picture
of
the traffic in the airspace -- often through no fault of his own --
you've
got a recipe for trouble.


Agreed. If pilots reported their positions accurately the controller
wouldn't *think* he knew where they were. He'd know.

In my experience, the controllers at BFM tower have always refused to offer
traffic avoidance instructions unless they have all the relevant aircraft in
sight. They *might* pass along position reports, but that's it.

Now that they have DBRITE, they know where the aircraft really are, but I
haven't detected any change in the way they handle airplanes they're talking
to.
--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM