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En route altitudes and safety
A recent thread reminded me it might be worth discussing an personal
flying practice. When en route, as a way of reducing the likelihood of a midair by about a binary order of magnitude (that's a factor of two for the non mathematically inclined) I fly the nominal altitude less 100 feet VFR, or the assigned altitude less 50 feet IFR. The idea of course is if the unseen/unreported converging traffic is at the correct altitude or on the high side of it, we'd miss. I chose lower because I fly a low winged airplane, and of course I would agree this makes a very unlikely event only slightly less likely. On the other hand, I don't see that I've significantly increased other in-flight risks much by doing this, What (if anything) might I have overlooked? To the wiseguys, yes I in fact do hold altitude pretty closely when flying. Do any of you have similar odd real life habits you think enhance safety? |
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