Scotty wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grant McKenzie" <grantmckenzie@optushome.com.au> > To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2002 11:55 AM > Subject: Re: NYTimes.com Article: Doomed Planes Tried to Avoid Collison > > > >>When I worked in ATC, a command from the ground was supposed to have >>priority. I would imagine Bashkirian Airlines (if their chief >>pilot/regulatory overseer were doing their job properly and, with all >>due respect to Scotty's passions on the subject of all things Russian, >>I'm not convinced was a given) would have a compliance instruction >>written into their operations manuals. >> > > It is written into their manual from what I was told by a Tu-154 navigator. > KrasAir has it written into their ops manual, and he told me that it appears > that BAL has it written into theirs as well. This is why I stated that > Russian officials were 100% correct. They still have navigators?!?! Do you mean engineers? Even that's a bit archaic. Grant SYD QF