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Florida controller, Southwest crew suspended . . .
Controller asked the crew of Southwest 821 on Sunday, to check on a SR-22 that had been out of contact - controller and crew were suspended for allowing the passenger aircraft to fly too close to another aircraft. (www.cnn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Looks like it was between [http://flightaware.com/live/flight/SWA821/history/20110327/1705Z/KPHX/KMCO SWA821] and maybe [http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N1487C/history/20110327/1820Z/KMJD/KISM N1487C]
Personally, you have a professional ATC, and a professional crew - rules or not - I don't see a difference from sending F-16's to check out Payne Stewarts' Learjet, or a Professional Southwest crew to check on the well being of a fellow aviator.
Not only that, but what negative affect might this have on the next emergency, when the professional flight crew has to say no - and the guy in trouble could be you or me.
BS red tape - kudos to the professional crews for looking out for a fellow aviator.
Not only that, but what negative affect might this have on the next emergency, when the professional flight crew has to say no - and the guy in trouble could be you or me.
BS red tape - kudos to the professional crews for looking out for a fellow aviator.
with heightened everything i would have reather have done a commercial aircraft over an f-16 because an f-16 would have scared the daylights out of everybody also the 737 has the speed to leave the scene if any threating manuver would have been made then the crew could have called the tower 2 request the f-16
There was no loss of separation because the SWA Pilots reported the aircraft in sight, and probably was told to maintain visual separation by the controller before moving inside the 3 miles and 1,000' separation minimums between IFR aircraft in terminal airspace.
I'm with the FAA on this one, boys. Don't put the lives of 100+ people at risk checking on some inattentive private pilot who doesn't yet realize that he hasn't heard the radio in over an hour. The F-16 boys know better how to handle that situation that the Southwest pilots. That's what they're paid for.
That's great if it turns out to be an inattentive pilot, I don't think seriously that for one second the pilots or crew were at any risk.
The ATC is a professionally trained person who made a judgement call based on a lifetime of experience. Equally the skilled pilots have may hours behind them to be where they are.
The Cirrus crew could have been incapacitated, could have been suffering an emergency - fortunately it was not the case.
Now next time there is a pilot in real trouble, and ATC attempt to send the nearest jet, there going to be told policy sorry - and someone may truly be at risk - and die.
The ATC is a professionally trained person who made a judgement call based on a lifetime of experience. Equally the skilled pilots have may hours behind them to be where they are.
The Cirrus crew could have been incapacitated, could have been suffering an emergency - fortunately it was not the case.
Now next time there is a pilot in real trouble, and ATC attempt to send the nearest jet, there going to be told policy sorry - and someone may truly be at risk - and die.