Riddle me this, pilots

Or if a mid-air was inevitable, any turn would have prevented it.

Big problem is autopilot no clearance in IMC.

Still beats driving on a two-lane road.

H.
N502TB
"Big John" wrote in message
...
Chip

Look at it this way. If he had had a mid air then you would have been
exonerated.

Big John


On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 22:12:19 -0400, "Chip Jones"
wrote:


"David Corsi" wrote in message
news:Ize0b.146544$cF.53272@rwcrnsc53...
the thing I don't understand is if he is IMC why would he decide to
turn a
different direction from the ATC directed one? i too would guess a TCAD
manuever based on azimuth data but I somehow doubt that was the case
really.
i just don't understand the logic, did he just mishear the heading
assigned
or did you repeat the 180 degree heading when he responded 90?


When he responded that he was turning left, I didn't repeat my suggestion
to
turn right. I don't know if he misheard me, but I did tell him both the
direction and azimuth of the suggested turn in my alert which would make
it
harder to misunderstand IMO. I didn't repeat the vector suggestion
because
in my mind he was countermanding my suggestion by excercising his PIC
authority. To me, he was on scene while I was looking at things through
a
long range filter. He also acted decisively without hesitation even if I
think he went the wrong way. Too many unknowns between my alert
/suggested
vector and his response / maneuver to allow me to comfortably restate my
suggestion.

Chip, ZTL




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