See and avoid...

kirk.stant wrote:

I'm curious, though - has anyone out there actually been snuck up on
by an airliner? Not a bizjet, but a no-sh*t great big hulking "250
knots below 10,000" airliner?

No, but I have been the Sneaker-Up in one a' them "no-sh*t great big
hulking 250 knots below 10,000' airliners" -- except we were higher than
10,000', and moving briskly. He was pretty hard to see, though we did
see him AFTER ATC pointed him out to us, and after some anxious
searching. A transponder in the glider would have let our TCAS know
exactly where he was, and much sooner than we finally made visual
contact. No maneuvering was necessary that time, but we were closer than
I would have preferred. I hope he heard us: maybe he's equipped with a
transponder now.


Jack