In article . com,
"Ramapriya" wrote:

If it isn't automatic, I think the TCAS should be. For sure.

you have far more faith in automation than I.

and why is it that you don't have faith in automation, Bob?

because I've seen how avionics software systems are developed

because I've seen the state-of-the-art wrt safety-critical software.

Not having
to use brains, and doing something by rote instead, isn't necessarily a
disadvantage always. The chances of a well-programmed software
consistently doing a collision avoidance routine correctly are better
than two pilots doing so, I'd imagine.

1) the chances of actually having that "well-programmed" software
is pretty

2) I suggest you check out the accuracy of the TCAS II system wrt
azimuth for conflicting traffic. I'm just a software guy, but my hardware
guys tell me that the 4 element (4 pole?) antenna used doesn't give
an azimuth accuracy of even +/- 15 degrees.

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Bob Noel
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