Actually kind of a pet peeve of mine when another pilot says it, but without visually spotting the traffic, what in the world does "I've got him on TCAS" do for the controller, if anything?
what in the world does "I've got him on TCAS" do for the controller, if anything?
What's this TCAS you speak of oh wise Taylor.
They just taught us that with enough determination any girl can look hot.I thought they teach you that stuff at ERAU?
I went mildy balistic a few weeks ago when my FO said 'they had the traffic on the fish finder.'
I thought you gray "headed airline" guys would have already mentioned this but aren't the times you are allowed to deviate from an ATC clearance when it will compromise saftey, during an emergency, or when you recieve a traffic solution form the TCAS, or something like that? It would make sense then that the TCAS is used to confirm the pilot's traffic, right? I'm not sure if I worded that properly....
Even better are the F15 pilots at my base that report the traffic on their air to air radar and want to follow it to the airport with it :banghead: so frustrating trying to get them to call visual since radar contact from the pilot means nothing.
That's the RA I was talking about, resolution advisory. The way I understood it was that if they get one with traffic that they don't know about, they have to follow the RA whereas if we tell them about traffic around them...they don't...in a nutshell.
If I get an RA, I'm following the RA guidance whether I think I see the traffic or not. I might be looking at the wrong traffic without realizing it, for all I know. The ALPA safety department makes a very big deal out of this. Never ignore RA guidance!
What if ALPA told you to ignore it, would you listen to that too?
You have anything of substance to add, or just mindless union hatred as usual?
What if ALPA told you to ignore it, would you listen to that too?