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Old 01-30-2018, 06:40 PM
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JohnBurke
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Originally Posted by galaxy flyer View Post
John,

I agree and the controller, if using MVA, had, by policy, to have the arc displayed on the video and monitored the flight progress. Certainly, the latter was not done. I’m not arguing the controller was correct, just a very narrow read of .65. Pilots always need to assume terrain clearance responsibility, if only, because they die if they’re wrong.

GF
Quite so.

At the end of the day, the controller goes home to sleep in his own bed. This is not always true of the crew and contents.
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