Originally Posted by
afterburn81
So they came within a mile of one another. Since when is that big news? In the terminal area we fly very close to one another. Isn't 2000ft the lateral separation minimum anyhow? Am I missing something here?
In this situation the required later separation was 6 miles--the basic 5 miles using a long-range radar plus a mile for a standard formation flight. Or a 1000' vertically.