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Old February 11th 10, 11:23 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.soaring
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Default If all midair collisions were eliminated...

On Feb 11, 3:52*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
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I never said you shouldn't keep your eyes and ears open.


But SOME accidents ARE NOT preventable as I just demonstrated to you
in a see and avoid environment like the pattern of an uncontrolled
airport.


Okay. So what is your point?


My point is you cannot eliminate mid air collisions no matter what
training is given that you insist will eliminate mid airs. .My point
is we don't live in a sheltered world of MSFS, human factor will
contribute to UNAVOIDABLE collisions or errors in flying an
airplane.

The best practices are the same whether the
accidents are absolutely avoidable or not.


Yes, which we have currently in place and works remarkably well
considering all the variety of equipped airplanes we have around
airports like KMBO.

But you don't know this since you sit behind a desktop simulator USING
TCAS that most of us don't have.

Could there be a better process to improve safety, possibly and
probably, but I don't have that answer.

I DO KNOW THAT WHAT WE HAVE works very well in the REAL WORLD for 10
years for me and I am closing in on 1000 flight hours. Could
something happen tomorrow? Absolutely, but odds are in my favor of
something NOT happening.