Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:00 pm
#1120630
Depends where you are as to whether a traffic service is available to you. Where I've been doing most of my flying, there is no radar coverage. The controlled airport that I fly from automatically puts us on a basic service once outside their airspace. You have to be flying pretty high to be able to get a traffic service from them (and then you have to ask for it).
I suppose the question is - when a traffic service is available (as in you are high enough to get radar coverage and there is a provider nearby) - is there any reason not to ask for it? How often are people refused?
PCAS is only useful if the other aircraft has a working transponder, and is being pinged by someone else, either a TCAS unit or a ground radar station. If there is a ground radar station pinging it - then a traffic service might be available...
I suppose the question is - when a traffic service is available (as in you are high enough to get radar coverage and there is a provider nearby) - is there any reason not to ask for it? How often are people refused?
PCAS is only useful if the other aircraft has a working transponder, and is being pinged by someone else, either a TCAS unit or a ground radar station. If there is a ground radar station pinging it - then a traffic service might be available...