Wed Oct 17, 2018 6:13 pm
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Personally, I would have...
Traffic in sight - no need for further updates.
Traffic not sighted - update further as necessary.
Roger - if not advised sighted/not sighted by pilot in due course, update further as necessary.
Got it on TCAS - equates to traffic not sighted or roger as far as the controller is concerned. Edit - actually no, for me equates to traffic not sighted for all intents and purposes.
Criterion for traffic not sighted or roger? If you find ambiguity in air traffic services useful, say roger when you could have said sighted/not sighted.
That said, it may be a pilot can’t immediately come back with a sighted/not sighted response so justifiably says roger. But I’d have hoped for an update asap in order to plan/provide/not provide updates accordingly (especially if providing the service as a secondary task).
Traffic in sight - no need for further updates.
Traffic not sighted - update further as necessary.
Roger - if not advised sighted/not sighted by pilot in due course, update further as necessary.
Got it on TCAS - equates to traffic not sighted or roger as far as the controller is concerned. Edit - actually no, for me equates to traffic not sighted for all intents and purposes.
Criterion for traffic not sighted or roger? If you find ambiguity in air traffic services useful, say roger when you could have said sighted/not sighted.
That said, it may be a pilot can’t immediately come back with a sighted/not sighted response so justifiably says roger. But I’d have hoped for an update asap in order to plan/provide/not provide updates accordingly (especially if providing the service as a secondary task).
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