Another mid-air (UK)

A right of reply is called for here now you have offended my intelligence.

We are agreed on a few points here.

1. Alert systems are a good thing if used correctly.

2. The effectiveness of alert systems needs a longer timeframe to make a
statistical inference.

3. Poor habitual response to alerts may be leading to reduced flight
safety.

4. Training and monitoring of use of alert system is key to ensuring they
are
adding to flight safety nor comprising it


Neil


04:46 06 August 2014, J. Nieuwenhuize wrote:
Op woensdag 6 augustus 2014 06:03:21 UTC+2 schreef Ramy:
As for statistics, I believe there is enough statistics that showing
that
the number of mid airs were reduced drastically since Flarm was
introduced.
The Flarm folks have the statistics and keep track of midairs. Wish they
would chime in.


Last time I checked the numbers for the busy Alps it came to about a
factor
of 8 less deaths due to mid-airs and flight into wires.

8 TIMES, not percent. That's dozens of lives over the last decade...

Until you fly with (Power)flarm you're simply not aware how much traffic
you do not see.

IMHO, those arguing against FLARM suffer from the same cognitive
dissonance
we see in people arguing against seat belts or medicines that can save
lives...