On Monday, July 20, 2015 at 10:39:21 AM UTC-5, wrote:
Controller appears to have given an abundance of information to the F-16 pilot. The F-16 pilot, in one of the most highly maneuverable aircraft ever made, did virtually nothing with it to provide margin. huh.

And if you have two planes, one heading 110 degrees, one heading 260 degrees, the plane heading 110 degrees is reported to be at the 12 o'clock position of the plane heading 260 degrees, why would you tell the plane heading 260 degrees to "Turn left to heading 180 degrees"? This seems to me to be continuing to aim the 260 degree heading plane at the 110 degree heading plane.

It seems like it would have made more sense to turn the F-16 to the right.

And, it could also be read that there would have been no conflict at all had the F-16 pilot not begun a left turn. By my read, he had changed his heading approximately 45 degrees in the direction directed by the controller when the collision occurred. So, if the F-16 pilot had done nothing, there would not have been a collision? Is this how good our ATC radar is? Or was there a controller error that helped facilitate the collision?

Too much Monday Morning Quarterbacking.