N941WR
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This afternoon on the flight home from Michigan we were cruising at 9,500' over the hills of West Virginia when Flight Following called traffic at five miles and 10,000' at our 2 o'clock position, an RJ.
I picked him up at about three miles and it was obvious we were on converging tracks but separated by 500'. At that time I let ATC know I had the RJ in sight.
The RJ pilot kept asking ATC to give him our position because hit TCAS was going crazy and showed a conflict.
We passed directly under him, not ahead or behind but DIRECTLY under his belly, separated by that 500'.
The RJ pilot came on the radio and commented to ATC, "That can't be safe!" To which the Controller said, "500 feet is considered safe."
My smart alec reply was, "Hey, you need to clean the belly of that RJ, it sure is dirty!"
Since I had him in sight and could tell we would pass under him, I did not consider it a safety issue. Besides, at that point, starting to maneuver could have been the thing to cause an accident.
Out of curiousty, what would the rest of you do, if you were in the same situation?
I picked him up at about three miles and it was obvious we were on converging tracks but separated by 500'. At that time I let ATC know I had the RJ in sight.
The RJ pilot kept asking ATC to give him our position because hit TCAS was going crazy and showed a conflict.
We passed directly under him, not ahead or behind but DIRECTLY under his belly, separated by that 500'.
The RJ pilot came on the radio and commented to ATC, "That can't be safe!" To which the Controller said, "500 feet is considered safe."
My smart alec reply was, "Hey, you need to clean the belly of that RJ, it sure is dirty!"
Since I had him in sight and could tell we would pass under him, I did not consider it a safety issue. Besides, at that point, starting to maneuver could have been the thing to cause an accident.
Out of curiousty, what would the rest of you do, if you were in the same situation?
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