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FROM THE FORUMS
Thomas Daniel’s logic here. To illustrate a few points:
1. The flight just took off to fly over 120 miles. That will pass through 3 ATC facilities. Do you really want to tie up all that airspace for all that time?
2. If the pilot was “forced” to fly a flight he now did not want to do, his destination airport on a Sunday had no facilities to help him, so he would have been stuck there. He had just departed from home base.
3. We have said 100 times a pilot dies not having to declare an emergency for it to be an emergency to him. Many flights have been “considered” emergencies without declaring.
So, do you really think there has to be 7700 instead of 7600 on his transponder to make a difference in where he is going?
I could list more but I started this by saying we know the rule but, as Thomas says, the rule is old and not practical. It was safer for this pilot to do what he did.
Ed Watters, Platinum CSIP | CPPP Instructor
I spoke to several of our ATC partners today. The EVP from RVA (Hilton Head Tower), a senior TRACON trainer in my
neighborhood, RH from Opposing Bases and they all said they care more about the pilot and their passengers than the regulations. Do what we need to do, and they will provide a pathway for us. They are more concerned about our safety than violating us.
If you listen to Opposing Bases, it will be a show topic. Brian, it sounded like nothing will become of this.
Brian Turrisi, CPPP Instructor
Thanks Ed. I spoke with the pilot today and the plane has a weird problem with a short in his PTT switch which also somehow interrupted his intercom.
He has not heard from the FSDO yet and talking to my local folks he sounds like he may not hear from them. No one seems to care whether he used 7600 or 7700. The tower guys did not think Savannah had any traffic conflicts either.
So, at this stage, I am unsure what the big deal is. But it is becoming quite clear that common sense, practicality, and safety do win out over what appears to be somewhat outdated regulations written in the days of no radar and lousy radios.
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