Federal Aviation Administration to cut more air traffic controllers

Judah wrote:
"Mike Fergione" wrote in
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What I mean by "All of a sudden, the controller takes control of
everything" is, you are going to be instructed to call the tower upon
landing. That will start the ball rolling to you losing your
certificate, and the controller you are suggesting was not at fault is
going to be the catalyst, and the most important witness for you losing
it.

If that doesn't imply some sort of 'ultimate authority', I'm at a loss.


So if I witness a robbery, and call the police, does that make me the
'ultimate authority' for the safety of the bank?

The pilot has the ultimate responsible for safety of flight. Period.
Following ATC instructions, barring a specific reason not to, is part of
ensuring safety of flight.

Had there been a legitimate safety reason for violating the ATC instruction,
no action would be taken against the pilot. At worst I imagine he might get
chastised for failing to properly inform ATC of his inability to comply with
their request, so that they could safely coordinate with other planes in
their airspace.

Making a random choice in contrast to an ATC request is not safe, and is not
a legitimate safety reason for violating an ATC instruction.


If your argument was true, a pilot's defense would simply be "I'm the
final authority, and it was my choice, not yours". There would be no
violations by ATC. They will violate you when it was your fault but
when it's their fault, they hide behind the 'ultimate authority' clause
in the FAR's.


If what you said was true, Pilots would be required to follow ATC
instructions without the ability to declare an emergency or respond "unable".
However, if ATC issues an instruction, and the pilot cannot follow it, the
pilot has the authority (and responsibility) to respond that he is unable to
comply and ATC will react appropriately. This even applies in IMC.

Another example of this is the policy to require reaction to TCAS Resolution
Advisories, even if they conflict with ATC clearances.

http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/AERO/miscinst.htm

If ATC is the final authority, then each instance of this would be
actionable. But that is not the case, and the FAA and ICAO have even put out
orders and advisories to help ensure that ATC controllers are properly
trained on how to deal with planes that take TCAS action.

http://www.arinc.com/downloads/tcas/...t_bulletin.pdf

The "new" goal of the FAA is to create more layers of
worthless Management, less real workers, promote unqualified
minorities and remove and discard experienced white male
employees so lesbian women(ex-secretaries) can be in charge
and feel good about themselves.

Air Safety is not on the radar any longer within the "New"
FAA. It has become a social engineering cluster
****/alphabet soup empire in Washington D.C. burning tax
dollars like drunken sailors.

Privatize Air Traffic Control and ban affirmative action and
social engineering.