On Tuesday, October 30, 2012 1:12:54 PM UTC-7, Sean F (F2) wrote:
Bravo Falken. +1 again and again! I wish we had more folks like you over here. Bravo!

I second that.

The problem with some folks is that they are clueless about the risks and as such are in a higher risk. They believe that the reason they did not have any midair yet is due to their good scanning technique, while in fact it is 99% luck due to the big sky theory.

For a good reading on the subject of see and avoid check
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/gener...s/bca0107c.xml (this link is few years old and currently not working, hopefully temporary)

Also a list of youtube videos showing how much we can trust our eyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo
-note: let it buffer all the way first, without letting it run, then
watch it full screen and really count!

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/b...ion-25/1416088
-blind spot, eek...

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/b...sion-5/1400321
-relative shades

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/b...ion-14/1408013
-implied green

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/b...sion-3/1400187
-false center

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/b...ion-15/1408125
-false spiral

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/b...ion-22/1414565
-implied square

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/b...ion-19/1412692
-parallel lines

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/b...sion-6/1400351
-parallels

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/b...ion-18/1412564
-wiggling ovals