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Old 10-03-2010, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Hagar View Post
Ignorance my backside.... At the speeds modern aircraft are flying at they must maintain these separations to allow reaction times in the event of a failure of something or someone. This sort of separation is BUBBLE WRAPPING. It can be called nothing more and nothing less..
The vast majority of operations are in Class E airspace. i.e see and avoid
self separation....in fact in OZ ATC coverage is non existant below a few thousand feet in much of the country.