SODPROPS or SODOFF.
Choc frog Gentle; the ‘click bait’ notification worthy of a big smile and a head shake. History - To think that a 40˚ wrong heading could be dialed in and go unnoticed, even for the shortest time, by either crew member when added to the frequency change etc. demonstrates how very quickly even the best laid plans (of mice, men and Murphy) can turn to worms. Mind you that was back in ’97, can’t find the ATSB report, but it was pretty much a ‘one off’.
But; the two minute buffer you mention in the Darwin event - provided by fate speaks volumes. Add the climb and descent rates of the two aircraft and the rate of closure, do the arithmetic against a 120 second time frame – clearly Murphy missed the flight (probably having a Shandy with Master Rovidence). Had that two minutes been used for an ‘all stations’ and a quick sort out; we would never have even known about it all. Had there been a lonesome ATCO on deck then even this remote possibility (STCA) of a midnight, mid-air over Darwin would remain, firmly, in the stuff of nightmare bucket.
Gentle – “Hope I’m still alive in 3 years when ATSB explains that and why and who submitted the occurrence to them in the first place.” Amen…
Toot – toot…
Choc frog Gentle; the ‘click bait’ notification worthy of a big smile and a head shake. History - To think that a 40˚ wrong heading could be dialed in and go unnoticed, even for the shortest time, by either crew member when added to the frequency change etc. demonstrates how very quickly even the best laid plans (of mice, men and Murphy) can turn to worms. Mind you that was back in ’97, can’t find the ATSB report, but it was pretty much a ‘one off’.
But; the two minute buffer you mention in the Darwin event - provided by fate speaks volumes. Add the climb and descent rates of the two aircraft and the rate of closure, do the arithmetic against a 120 second time frame – clearly Murphy missed the flight (probably having a Shandy with Master Rovidence). Had that two minutes been used for an ‘all stations’ and a quick sort out; we would never have even known about it all. Had there been a lonesome ATCO on deck then even this remote possibility (STCA) of a midnight, mid-air over Darwin would remain, firmly, in the stuff of nightmare bucket.
Gentle – “Hope I’m still alive in 3 years when ATSB explains that and why and who submitted the occurrence to them in the first place.” Amen…
Toot – toot…