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http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/united-flight-cessna-plane-miss-midair-collision/story?id=10247845

Thanks for the heads-up, Alex...

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Paul.

You can hear the voice of the lady copilot tremble with fear

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You can hear the voice of the lady copilot tremble with fear

Last thing you want is to pi** off a female Airline Pilot. 

Am I the only one to see this as a non story. TCAS does exactly what it is supposed to do, air traffic does exactly what it is supposed to do and the pilots do what they have been told.

Matt

Am I the only one to see this as a non story. TCAS does exactly what it is supposed to do, air traffic does exactly what it is supposed to do and the pilots do what they have been told.

Matt

Yes and no.  There was clearly a violation committed here, as those aircraft should have never came within miles of each other.  However, the media is reporting every incident, slip up, or whatever you will call it, that aviation has had recently.

Am I the only one to see this as a non story. TCAS does exactly what it is supposed to do, air traffic does exactly what it is supposed to do and the pilots do what they have been told.

Matt

Yes and no.

Because it is being investigated, it becomes public knowledge.  All you have to do is go to the NTSB website.  That is why a lot of these incidents don't make headlines until weeks later, takes time to update the site.

Am I the only one to see this as a non story. TCAS does exactly what it is supposed to do, air traffic does exactly what it is supposed to do and the pilots do what they have been told.

Matt

Mmm, I sat on my hands (ouch!) for a few hours and had a think.

Yes and no*. Certainly a TCAS RA in the big scheme of things is a non event. However the circumstance of this one are of note - getting a descending RA at that height, although probably not dangerous as such, would be very "uncomfortable" (event though most are resolved in a couple of hundred feet), and, due to the configuration, weight, and power settings of the aircraft on departure, quite a manoeuvre - certain to scare the proverbial out of your pax within 30 seconds of takeoff!

I think the United captain summed it up perfectly to the controller:

"We need to have a talk"...

*unintentionally quoting Davysims!

[quote]Last thing you want is to pi** off a female Airline Pilot.